First, I am copying from the USA Today:
"Putin says 'the whole of Ukraine is ours'
Russian President Vladimir Putin suggested during an economic forum that the "whole of Ukraine" belongs to his country, even though Russia only controls about a fifth of Ukrainian territory.
He made the comments on June 20 at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum...
"Where the foot of a Russian soldier steps, that is ours," Putin said.
Ukraine's foreign minister, Andrii Sybiha, quickly condemned Putin's remarks, which he called "deranged."
"Putin's cynical statements demonstrate complete disdain for US peace efforts," he wrote on X. "While the United States and the rest of the world have called for an immediate end to the killing, Russia's top war criminal discusses plans to seize more Ukrainian territory and kill more Ukrainians."
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy also responded to Putin's comments, saying in a social media post June 21, "Yesterday, everyone heard the signals from Russia’s leader."
"When Putin speaks about Ukraine and something else about Russian soldiers’ boots on the ground, he’s also speaking about Belarus, the Baltic states, Moldova, the Caucasus, countries like Kazakhstan, and every place on Earth that Russian killers can reach," Zelenskyy said..."
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As the Obozrevatel reported, X users mentioned that Putin's phrase mirrored a statement of Nazi propaganda, "Wo der Deutsche Soldat steht kommt kein anderer hin" (where the German solder is standing, nobody else can pass).
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