Will the current front line be the new Russian-Ukrainian border after the Trump-Putine summit? Sébastien Gobert does not believe it.
“Russian expectations are maximalist“He explains.”THE Russians have no way, no reason to stop now, since we see that despite European sanctions, they have the support of China, they have a lot of men, they have a lot of money, they have a lot of oil“Continues the journalist.
According to the Russian news agency Tass, Alexei Fadeïev, deputy director of the Information and Press Department of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said at a press briefing on August 13 than “The position of principle of Russia on the resolution of the crisis is unchanged, and it was expressed in this room just over a year ago, June 14, 2024“.
That day, we read on the website of the Institute for the Study of War (ISW), Putin A “in particular required that Ukraine withdraws from all regions of Lougansk, Donetsk, Porinch and Kherson, including areas that Russian forces do not currently occupy; the demilitarization and denazification of the Ukrainian government and society, including the dismissal of the current democratically elected government of Ukraine; And the future neutrality of the Ukrainian alliance, probably referring to membership in NATO.“
The Russians reconstruct the development scheme of the Russian Empire between the XVIIᵉ and the end of the 18th century
Sébastien Gobert, journalist specializing in Ukraine
The recent Russian declarations suggest that the Kremlin remains faithful to its long -standing objectives in the war against Ukraine. Ancient objectives that are reflected in “la way in which the conflict has territorially structured“explains Sébastien Gobert who points”la Vision carried by the Russian imperialist project.”
“The Russians reconstruct the development scheme of the Russian Empire between the 18th century and the end of the 18th century. When Putin speaks of protecting Russian speakers, he talks about bringing Ukraine back to the fold of the motherland. Lhe Russians were therefore quickly focused on establishing a land corridor between Crimea and the Eastern regions. Che terrestrial corridor of these oriental regions, that was what was called “new Russia”, because before they were rather inhospitable steppe lands in which the human had not really implanted. In the 19th century, they found coal in Donbass, and it became a big home household because it became a great industrial home. These regions of the East have a story much more intimately linked to Russia than kyiv or Lviv, because it is under the Russian Empire, that they have developed. It is not as caricatured as that but this is especially what the Kremlin thinks to win them back“Adds Sébastien Gobert.
