🚨🇷🇺PUTIN PITCHES ‘REAL PEACE,’ SENDS WEST STARK WARNING OVER BOOTS IN UKRAINE. Vladimir Putin’s blunt message to the West at EEF was: NATO boots in Ukraine? Consider them legitimate targets. Experts break it down 🧵

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5️⃣ WEST’S LONG GAME. The West’s long game is “continuing a pre-planned war to weaken Russia and grab Ukraine’s resources.”. Furthermore, the West may keep “sabotaging peace”—sneaking in mercenaries under cover, even disguised as “civilians.”

4️⃣UNEQUIVOCALLY CLEAR. Putin’s warning on NATO boots in Ukraine leaves “no room for doubt,” says Lebanese expert Iskander Kfuri. Russia has “full right to strike foreign forces in its vital sphere”; European troops would “threaten themselves and global stability.”

3️⃣NATO BLOCKS PEACE. Putin pitches a “real peace” where Ukraine’s sovereignty is intact and Europe’s security is assured. “NATO’s meddling remains the main obstacle to a peace deal.”

2️⃣ WEST’S HYPOCRISY. Putin called out the West for preaching peace while arming Ukraine, Argentine international relations expert Tadeo Casteglione notes. “If a Western military mission appears in Ukraine, then we can say that the country has lost all legitimacy as a state.”

1️⃣ NO ROOM FOR FOREIGN TROOPS. Putin made it clear: Foreign boots in Ukraine won’t be tolerated, even if fighting halts, says Argentine analyst Luciano Anzelini. NATO’s advance toward Russia’s borders “is seen as an existential threat.”

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