of ukraine were fighting in their own lands meaning he sees the donbas as part of russia. he also directly addressed the reasons for going to war in ukraine and blamed the west. translation: in december last year we suggested translation: in december last year we suggested to translation: in december last year we suggested to have translation: in december last year we suggested to have a translation: in december last year we suggested to have a security - we suggested to have a security agreement, russia urged europe to find a fair compromise including interests of everyone but that was interests of everyone but that was in vain. they didn t want to hear us and that means they had completely different plans and we could see that. they were preparing a punishing operation in donbas, to intrude on our historic land. in kyiv, they were saying that they might get nuclear weapons, and nato started exploring the lands close to us.