{"id":2741,"date":"2025-10-19T15:11:31","date_gmt":"2025-10-19T12:11:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/?p=2741"},"modified":"2025-10-19T15:11:31","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T12:11:31","slug":"putin-historical-mission-ukraine-war-ft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/world\/putin-historical-mission-ukraine-war-ft\/","title":{"rendered":"Putin considers war against Ukraine his \u00abhistoric mission\u00bb - FT"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 data-start=\"589\" data-end=\"658\">For the Kremlin, this is no longer a war for territory, but for the dictator's \u00ablegacy\u00bb<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"660\" data-end=\"859\">President of Russia <strong data-start=\"676\" data-end=\"751\">Vladimir Putin sees the war against Ukraine as his \u201chistorical mission\u201d<\/strong> - writes about it <strong><em data-start=\"766\" data-end=\"783\">Financial Times<\/em><\/strong> with reference to sources among <strong data-start=\"815\" data-end=\"856\">European officials and intelligence officers<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"861\" data-end=\"1052\">According to them, Putin is convinced that his future place in history depends on the outcome of the war. He wants to go down in history as <strong data-start=\"995\" data-end=\"1051\">\u00abthe greatest ruler of Russia after Peter the Great\u00bb<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<hr data-start=\"1054\" data-end=\"1057\" \/>\n<h2 data-start=\"1059\" data-end=\"1098\">\u00abIt's not a matter of money - it's a legacy\u00bb<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"1100\" data-end=\"1214\">European intelligence officers quoted by <em data-start=\"1135\" data-end=\"1139\">FT<\/em>, noted that for Putin, the war <strong data-start=\"1173\" data-end=\"1211\">has gone beyond rational logic<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<blockquote data-start=\"1215\" data-end=\"1299\">\n<p data-start=\"1217\" data-end=\"1299\">\u00abFor him, this is not a matter of economics or politics. This is his legacy. His mission\u00bb.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p data-start=\"1301\" data-end=\"1487\">Sources also said that the Kremlin leader believed that <strong data-start=\"1369\" data-end=\"1407\">will be able to \u201chelp Trump win\u201d<\/strong>, but in the end <strong data-start=\"1421\" data-end=\"1451\">abandoned this plan<\/strong>, The Russian government has focused on the war with Ukraine.<\/p>\n<hr data-start=\"1489\" data-end=\"1492\" \/>\n<h2 data-start=\"1494\" data-end=\"1535\">Kremlin feeds Putin illusions of success<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"1537\" data-end=\"1797\">As he writes <em data-start=\"1545\" data-end=\"1549\">FT<\/em>, <strong data-start=\"1551\" data-end=\"1617\">Putin's military and intelligence services regularly provide him with reports<\/strong>, in which <strong data-start=\"1626\" data-end=\"1680\">exaggerate the tactical achievements of the Russian army<\/strong>.<br data-start=\"1681\" data-end=\"1684\" \/>They assure the dictator that <strong data-start=\"1714\" data-end=\"1746\">Ukraine will suffer more losses<\/strong>, \u0430 <strong data-start=\"1750\" data-end=\"1771\">resource advantage<\/strong> remains on the side of russia.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1799\" data-end=\"1965\">Such reports are generated in the Kremlin <strong data-start=\"1828\" data-end=\"1860\">the illusion of a \u201csteady advance\u201d<\/strong>, The Russian army is suffering heavy losses and is forced to throw reserves to hold the front line.<\/p>\n<hr data-start=\"1967\" data-end=\"1970\" \/>\n<h2 data-start=\"1972\" data-end=\"2002\">European assessment of the situation<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"2004\" data-end=\"2064\">One European diplomat was quoted as saying <em data-start=\"2047\" data-end=\"2051\">FT<\/em>, summed up:<\/p>\n<blockquote data-start=\"2065\" data-end=\"2136\">\n<p data-start=\"2067\" data-end=\"2136\">\u00abPutin believes he can win. And that is what makes him dangerous.\u00bb.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p data-start=\"2138\" data-end=\"2295\">Brussels and London believe that this perception of war as a \u201cmission of life\u201d means that the Kremlin <strong data-start=\"2234\" data-end=\"2294\">will not compromise even under pressure from sanctions or losses<\/strong>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u0414\u043b\u044f \u043a\u0440\u0435\u043c\u043b\u044f \u0446\u0435 \u0432\u0436\u0435 \u043d\u0435 \u0432\u0456\u0439\u043d\u0430 \u0437\u0430 \u0442\u0435\u0440\u0438\u0442\u043e\u0440\u0456\u044e, \u0430 \u0437\u0430 \u00ab\u0441\u043f\u0430\u0434\u0449\u0438\u043d\u0443\u00bb \u0434\u0438\u043a\u0442\u0430\u0442\u043e\u0440\u0430 \u041f\u0440\u0435\u0437\u0438\u0434\u0435\u043d\u0442 \u0440\u043e\u0441\u0456\u0457 \u0432\u043e\u043b\u043e\u0434\u0438\u043c\u0438\u0440 \u043f\u0443\u0442\u0456\u043d \u0440\u043e\u0437\u0433\u043b\u044f\u0434\u0430\u0454 \u0432\u0456\u0439\u043d\u0443 \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0442\u0438 \u0423\u043a\u0440\u0430\u0457\u043d\u0438 \u044f\u043a \u0441\u0432\u043e\u044e \u201c\u0456\u0441\u0442\u043e\u0440\u0438\u0447\u043d\u0443 \u043c\u0456\u0441\u0456\u044e\u201d \u2014 \u043f\u0440\u043e \u0446\u0435 \u043f\u0438\u0448\u0435 Financial Times \u0456\u0437 \u043f\u043e\u0441\u0438\u043b\u0430\u043d\u043d\u044f\u043c \u043d\u0430 \u0434\u0436\u0435\u0440\u0435\u043b\u0430 \u0441\u0435\u0440\u0435\u0434 \u0454\u0432\u0440\u043e\u043f\u0435\u0439\u0441\u044c\u043a\u0438\u0445 \u0447\u0438\u043d\u043e\u0432\u043d\u0438\u043a\u0456\u0432 \u0456 \u0440\u043e\u0437\u0432\u0456\u0434\u043d\u0438\u043a\u0456\u0432. \u0417\u0430 \u0457\u0445\u043d\u0456\u043c\u0438 \u0441\u043b\u043e\u0432\u0430\u043c\u0438, \u043f\u0443\u0442\u0456\u043d \u043f\u0435\u0440\u0435\u043a\u043e\u043d\u0430\u043d\u0438\u0439, \u0449\u043e \u0439\u043e\u0433\u043e \u043c\u0430\u0439\u0431\u0443\u0442\u043d\u0454 \u043c\u0456\u0441\u0446\u0435 \u0432 \u0456\u0441\u0442\u043e\u0440\u0456\u0457 \u0437\u0430\u043b\u0435\u0436\u0438\u0442\u044c \u0432\u0456\u0434 \u0440\u0435\u0437\u0443\u043b\u044c\u0442\u0430\u0442\u0456\u0432 \u0432\u0456\u0439\u043d\u0438. \u0412\u0456\u043d [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":207433346,"featured_media":2742,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rank_math_title":"","rank_math_description":"","rank_math_focus_keyword":"\u041f\u0443\u0442\u0456\u043d","td_subtitle":"","subtitle":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[805619],"tags":[805624],"class_list":{"0":"post-2741","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world","8":"tag-805624"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2741","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/207433346"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2741"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2741\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2743,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2741\/revisions\/2743"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2741"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2741"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}