The ‘Union State’ — Inside Putin’s Plans To Rebuild The USSR ...
May 21, 2025 · And just in the past few weeks, Russia has announced that the occupied territories of Ukraine that have been annexed into Russia — as well as their armed militias — …
What Does Putin Really Want in Ukraine? - Council on Foreign …
May 16, 2024 · Putin firmly believes that today’s Ukraine was the creation of the Soviet-era leader Vladimir Lenin and his Bolshevik comrades, who gave it some of Russia’s “historical lands.”
Does Putin Want To Rebuild the Russian Empire? - Antiwar.com
Oct 16, 2023 · On the day Russia invaded Ukraine, US President Joe Biden said that Putin “has much larger ambitions than Ukraine. He wants to, in fact, reestablish the former Soviet Union.
Why Russia Invaded Ukraine: Putin's Attempt to Recreate the Soviet …
At a hearing marking 1000 days of Russia's war on Ukraine, Representative Joe Wilson discusses how Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine in order to reinstitute and recreate the Soviet...
Putin’s plan for a new Russian Empire includes both Ukraine and ...
Mar 29, 2023 · Following the anticipated military conquest of Ukraine, Russia intended to install a puppet ruler in Kyiv who would replace Zelenskyy and play the same role as Lukashenka in …
Putin won't take peace with Ukraine without restoring empire, …
May 16, 2025 · Russian President Vladimir Putin believes it's his destiny to recreate the Russian empire and won't back down in Ukraine, former Defense Secretary Robert Gates said in an …
The picture that proves Putin wants to recreate the Russian Empire
Aug 15, 2025 · Putin and his cronies have repeatedly said that they believe Ukraine does not exist as a separate, independent nation. For Putin, Ukraine’s status should be as it was between …
Putin wants US ‘recognition’ of Russian gains in Ukraine: Historian
Mar 24, 2025 · These ambitions are explored by Russian-British historian Sergey Radchenko in his book To Run the World: The Kremlin’s Cold War Bid for Global Power. Radchenko spoke …
Putin’s push for a new USSR reawakens the bloody chaos of Soviet ...
Sep 19, 2022 · YEREVAN, Armenia — When Russian President Vladimir Putin launched his invasion of Ukraine, he was hoping to restore the glory days of the Soviet Union in the 1950s, …
What Does Putin Really Want? - POLITICO
Feb 25, 2022 · Putin’s speech announcing what he called a “special military operation” made clear that he wants more control over Ukraine and expects a confrontation with the West and NATO. …
Putin’s dreams of a new Russian Empire are unraveling in Ukraine
Apr 25, 2023 · Putin anticipated a short and victorious war that would extinguish Ukrainian statehood and force the country decisively back into the Russian orbit. Instead, his army has …
Putin’s Soviet Nostalgia: The Revival of the USSR’s Legacy in ...
In a 2015 interview with Russian state media, Putin claimed that his government had “no desire to recreate the empire, to resurrect the Soviet Union, but [had] to protect our Russian …