Putin delivered a fiery speech Friday with the support of his people. He blamed the US for its war history, saying the US set a precedent by dropping an atomic bomb on Japan and being the only country to use nuclear weapons twice. In addition, he claimed America left terrible marks on Vietnam and Korea. Putin also let the nations of the world know he is annexing four territories from Ukraine and threatens that Russia would use “all the power and all the means” to defend its new lands from attacks by the West or Ukraine and would help liberate the world.
Putin and the leaders of the annexed regions looked to be in solidarity as the crowd chanted, “Russia, Russia, Russia.”
NOW – People chant "Russia, Russia, Russia" after Putin signed documents to annex occupied Ukraine lands. pic.twitter.com/TObkBydkk4
— Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) September 30, 2022
According to The Daily Mail, Putin said,
“The West wants to see Russia as a colony, an unfree society.” But, he continued, “One of the reasons for the centuries-old Russophobia is that we did not allow ourselves to be robbed during the period of colonization, we forced Europe to trade on an equal footing.”
The regions Russia has announced it will annex can be seen on the map below.
#UPDATE Moscow will formally annex four Russia-occupied regions of Ukraine at a Kremlin ceremony on Friday, President Vladimir Putin's spokesman said Thursday.
Map shows areas where votes on becoming part of Russia were organised by Moscow, September 23-27#AFPGraphics @AFP pic.twitter.com/zZs17gnLgL
— AFP News Agency (@AFP) September 29, 2022
Putin addressed the harm to done to the Nord Stream Pipelines 1 & 2, blaming both America and “the West” who he claims sabotaged the pipelines and that it was an attempt to ‘destroy the European energy infrastructure,” adding “those who profit from it have done it.”
Tucker Carlson featured the Pipeline story detailing the environmental and economic impact and speculated that it is possible that the US took part in the operation. He reminded viewers that Biden had threatened that the pipelines could be put out of commission if Putin continued to operate in Ukraine.
What happened to the Nord Stream pipelines?
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) September 28, 2022
Putin also talked about America not being a moral nation anymore, calling the West ‘satanic’, saying it is because the US has rejected moral norms and turned away from traditional and religious values.
He further asked Russian dignitaries if they wanted ‘children to be offered sex-change operations?’ Saying, ‘From the elementary grades, perversions were imposed on children, which lead to degradation and extinction,’ continuing ‘To be drummed into them that there are supposedly other genders besides the woman and the man and offered to have a sex change operation? This is unacceptable for us.’