Putin blamed the West for starting the Ukraine war

 Putin blamed the West for starting the Ukraine war

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that the West wants to break up Russia. In response to this, he sent Russian forces to Ukraine in February of this year. Reuters reported this information in a report on Friday.

Putin said this at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) conference in Uzbekistan on Friday.

Putin spoke publicly about the war for the first time since Ukraine dramatically defeated Russian forces and seized Kharkiv last week.

Threatening to attack Ukraine's infrastructure, Putin said, "We will see how it (Ukraine's counter-attack) ends."

A two-day SCO conference is being held in Uzbekistan on September 15 and 16.

This year's conference is expected to discuss the Ukraine war and the growing tension between China and the West on a large scale.

On the sidelines of this conference, Putin also met with Iranian President Ibrahim Raisi, Chinese President Xi Jinping, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Pakistani Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif.

Currently, the alliance has eight countries as permanent members. They are Russia, China, India, Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Kazakhstan.

 

Formed in 2001, the scope of this alliance is growing rapidly. Iran applied for full membership last year. It is known that Iran will be a full member from the middle of 2023.

Currently, the alliance includes Afghanistan, Belarus, Iran and Mongolia as observer countries. On the other hand, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Cambodia, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Turkey are dialogue partners.