Since the beginning of Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, all public attention worldwide has been focused on this conflict. Nevertheless, many people have difficulties understanding the cause of the war and fierceness of the Russian response. This edition tracks down the causes and reasons for the Russian aggression, which can be best observed through the eyes and words of the Russian leader, President Vladimir Putin. Starting with the year 2013 this book contains all the important speeches, meetings, statements and orders of Vladimir Putin which shed light on Russian stance toward Ukraine and Ukrainian people.

This edition includes:

Presidential Addresses:

Address by the President of the Russian Federation, September 21, 2022

Address by the President of the Russian Federation, February 24, 2022

Address by the President of the Russian Federation, February 21, 2022

Executive Orders:

Executive Order introducing martial law in the DPR, LPR, Zaporozhye and Kherson regions, October 19, 2022

Executive Order on partial mobilisation in the Russian Federation, September 21, 2022

Treaties:

Accession of Donetsk and Lugansk people's republics and Zaporozhye and Kherson regions to Russia, September 30, 2022

Recognizing Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics, February 21, 2022

Federal Law On Ratifying the Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance Between the Russian Federation and the Donetsk People's Republic, February 22, 2022

Minsk Protocol I

Essay:

On the Historical Unity of Russians and Ukrainians

Statements:

Joint Statement of the Leaders of the Five Nuclear-Weapons States on Preventing Nuclear War and Avoiding Arms Races, January 3, 2022

The New World Order

The 'Putin Plan' for settling the conflict in Ukraine, September 3, 2014

Speeches:

Meeting with heads of CIS security and intelligence agencies, October 26, 2022

Meeting of the Security Council, October 19, 2022…