Putin's battle for the historical past books: Dmytro Kuleba speaks to France 24

The Bronze Horseman, the enduring equestrian statue in Senate Square in St Petersburg, was commissioned by Catherine the Great in honor of Peter the Great, the town’s founder. The pedestal of the statue bears a laconic dedication, “To Peter the First, Catherine the Second, 1782”. Does Putin need to be the third, Vladimir the Great? And is that ambition, growth at any value, the true motive behind the battle in Ukraine? According to Former Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, “Putin solely cares about what will likely be written about him in historical past books.”



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