Addressing a question about his war with Ukraine to the assembled top brass of his Marine Corps, Putin gave them an historical lesson of the origins of his Marines Corps since 1706 to the present day.
He then informed them that Russia, to-day in 2026, is still fighting against the Nazism of WW2.
In other words, he's current war with Ukraine is simply a continuation of the USSR's fight against the Nazism of WW2.
He lectured them,
"The question is : why does this [Putin's war with Ukraine]. And what? Is is because of Russia's aggression that .. is it 'so-called' aggression? No, of course not.
After all, we did not start any war.
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Yes, they [Zelensky and the government of Ukraine] seemed to be guided by nationalistic considerations and interests .. Ukraine, the Ukrainian people, but at the core lies Nazi ideology.
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Now I come to my main point. It is this neo-Nazism that has migrated into so the so-called anti-Russian, anti Soviet centres. Here is nationalism and neo-Nazism, they are very close, stood next to each other, are intertwined.
And when the current regime [Zelensky and the government of Ukraine] began to rely precisely on this part of society and this ideology, it automatically passed into the minds of those [Ukrainians] who are fighting. Automatically!" (Times Now World: 29 July 2026: YouTube)
It is this demented mindset of Putin that is now focussed on the complete annihilation of Ukraine.
As reported by Toby Mann, Joe Coughlan (left) and Dan Johnson (right),
"Russia has attacked Ukraine with ballistic missiles and drones, killing at least 17 people, as Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky said interceptors "could have saved lives".
In one of the deadliest strikes on Kyiv and the capital region this year - which started after midnight on Wednesday - at least 45 people were injured after residential buildings, a railway station and warehouses were hit." (BBC News: 5 August 2026) (my emphasis)
"Ukraine's acting Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha has called on the world to continue exerting pressure on Russia through sanctions in the wake of Russia's new massive attack on Kyiv Oblast." (Ukrayinska Pravda on Yahoo News: 5 August 2026) (my emphasis)
"Putin, if he gets the mobilisation wrong, I think he's in trouble. I think the instinct will be .... his instinct will be ... if
it goes wrong he will declare full martial law. And then you do get the
prospect of realising civil war, with real civil unrest, and in places
where he does not want it. ... outside the metropolitan area of Russia." (Frontline : 4 August 2026: YouTube) (my emphasis) 
"Madame President, I know you're well aware of this, butthe Senate needs to pass the Russian sanctions bill and we need to do it now. We have the votes. Let's vote.
Ukraine has Putin down and is choking him. We need we need to help Ukraine choke him to death.
I'm sorry the the people of Russia are having to undergo what they're undergoing. I'm doubly sorry the people of Ukraine are.
But it's not going to stop until Putin understands, and we make him understand, that the costs of the his barbarism outweigh the benefits.
For the first time since 2022, through sheer will and some big brains and help from Europe and help from the United States, Ukraine has Putin on the back foot." (Times Now World : 5 August 2026: YouTube) (my emphasis)
As Konstantin Samoilov (left) reveals,
"How is Russia doing these days. If I were to summarise the summer of 2026 in Russia, I would show you this. (cf video below).What you are about to see was filmed by Russians, inside Russia. Twenty videos, all real, all very recent, none staged. (cf video below)
And yet, this time I have a video filmed by Russian farmers ... What is currently happening in the fields and farms over the country". (Inside Russia: 4 August 2026: YouTube) (my emphasis)
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Anna Danylchuk (right) also reports that, ".. The mayor of Moscow, Sergei Sobyanin, in his recent interview to one of Russia's major media, TASS, said that he is very much against Putin's idea of the war economy.
