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Russian President Vladimir Putin continues to reject the idea of ​​Ukraine’s sovereignty in a way that is fundamentally incompatible with serious negotiations, and undermines the existence of a separate Ukrainian nation, analysts at the US Institute for War Studies (HEI) have assessed.

ISW, commenting on Putin’s speech on Thursday, wrote that “his statements and Russia’s actions must lead to serious reflection on the question of whether the war with Ukraine is genocide, since the term is legally defined as’ acts committed with the intention of completely or partially destroying national groups, ethnic, racial or religious’ “.

“Russian President Vladimir Putin continues to reject the idea of ​​Ukraine’s sovereignty in a way that is fundamentally incompatible with serious negotiations. He stated that only Russia, who ‘created Ukraine,’ could be ‘a real guarantee of Ukraine’s sovereignty’, ‘the TIA noted.

“Putin’s statements reject the legal fact that Ukraine is a fully sovereign state, that the Russian Federation has recognized Ukraine’s sovereignty, and that the Ukrainian nation exists as a separate nation. Putin’s perpetuation of the narrative that Ukraine and Russia are one nation, divided into different states, arbitrarily historical circumstance indicates his continued efforts to destroy the Ukrainian state and erase the notion of the Ukrainian nation “- emphasized the analysts.