Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with participants in the special military operation at Vishnevsky Central Military Clinical Hospital in Moscow, Russia. © Sputnik/Kristina Kormilitsyna  

RT: Putin names Russia’s real enemies  

Ukraine itself is not a foe, but Western elites backing it are, the Russian president has said  

Ukraine is a mere tool in the hands of the collective West which is using it to fight Russia, President Vladimir Putin said on Monday. 

He was speaking at a military hospital in Moscow where he met servicemen wounded during the ongoing conflict. 

Asked about the enduring Western support for Kiev, the president said the elites of the collective West were actually the true enemy of Russia, rather than Ukraine itself.  

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WNU Editor: Putin is trying to separate Ukraine from its allies in the West. 

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