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Marcus Kolga: Putin’s Russia is at a dead end — Canada must help Ukraine finish the job

Putin’s war has failed to erase Ukraine or break the west. Instead, it's exposed the weakness, corruption and fear of his regime

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Vladimir Putin’s war against Ukraine was never about protecting Russians or strengthening Russia’s place in the world. It was always a war of neo-imperialist vanity, consolidation of power, organized theft and cultural annihilation.

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When Putin announced his “special military operation” in February 2022, he claimed Russia was eliminating imaginary “Nazis” in Ukraine. In reality, the objective was to destroy Ukrainian identity, language and culture, re-colonize a democratic European nation, and prove to the Russian people and the world that Putin remained a leader of historic consequence.

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Ukraine’s land, resources and people were to be seized by force. Russian troops were sent not to liberate, but to subjugate, plunder and terrorize under false pretences.

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