{"id":1342688,"date":"2022-02-25T15:07:49","date_gmt":"2022-02-25T20:07:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1342688"},"modified":"2022-02-25T15:08:04","modified_gmt":"2022-02-25T20:08:04","slug":"failing-to-defeat-them-putin-asks-ukrainian-soldiers-to-stage-a-coup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/failing-to-defeat-them-putin-asks-ukrainian-soldiers-to-stage-a-coup\/","title":{"rendered":"Failing to Defeat Them, Putin Asks Ukrainian Soldiers to Stage a Coup"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffailing-to-defeat-them-putin-asks-ukrainian-soldiers-to-stage-a-coup%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1342688&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1179044377-640x335-1.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Russian leader Vladimir Putin called on Ukranian soldiers on Friday to defect and stage a coup against President Volodymyr Zelensky, whose government Russia has so far failed to topple despite launching a \u201cfull-scale\u201d invasion on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing a meeting of the Russian Security Council on Friday, Vladimir Putin said that\u00a0Ukrainian Army should \u201ctake control\u201d of the country as it would be \u201ceasier\u201d for him to negotiate with the military, rather than what he termed as \u201cjunkies and neo-Nazis\u201d under the control of President Zelensky.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>In breif but bellicose remarks, the Russian strongman accused \u201cneo-Nazis\u201d in Ukraine of using women and children as human shields, comparing the Ukrainians to \u201cterrorists.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey plan to provoke return fire from Russian strike systems on residential areas. In fact, they act in the same way as terrorists do around the world, hiding behind people in the hope of later blaming Russia for the civilian casualties,\u201d\u00a0the Russian leader said according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/sputniknews.com\/20220225\/putin-says-nazis-in-ukraine-act-as-terrorists-deploying-mlrs-in-kiev-and-kharkov-1093372003.html\">transcript<\/a> from Russia\u2019s state-owned Sputnik News.<\/p>\n<p>The claim came shortly after the Ukraniain foreign minister accused the Russians of committing \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DmytroKuleba\/status\/1497185289667817472\">war crimes<\/a>\u201d by shelling a kindergarten in Sumy province.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Despite engaging in warfare across the country, including bombarding the capital of Kyiv, Russia has yet to confirm any losses, while Ukraine, for its part, has said that it has killed\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/national-security\/2022\/02\/25\/pics-ukraine-claims-major-victories-against-russian-invaders-including-1000-dead\/\">over 1,000 Russian soldiers<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/zelensky-says-ukraine-left-alone-to-face-russian-invasion-137-killed-on-1st-day\/\">lost<\/a> 137 of its own.<\/p>\n<p>On the second day of failing to topple the Zelensky government, Putin launched an \u201cappeal to the servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine\u201d to conduct a coup against the government for him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo not allow neo-Nazis and Bandera supporters to use your children, your wives, and elderly people as human shields. Take power into your own hands,\u201d Putin said. \u201cIt seems that it will be easier for us to come to an agreement than with this gang of junkies and neo-Nazis, who settled in Kyiv and took the entire Ukrainian people hostage.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Pics: Protests Erupt Around the World as Russia Seeks Ukraine Occupation<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/I0DWj0rOA9\">https:\/\/t.co\/I0DWj0rOA9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1497239972801392641?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 25, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Prior to launching a full on military assault on Ukraine, Putin claimed that the government in Kyiv is illegitimate and merely a puppet of the West and NATO. In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/asia\/2022\/02\/21\/ukraine-completely-created-russia-putin-recognizes-sovereignty-pro-russian-separatists\/\">speech<\/a> on Monday, he said that the Donbas regions of Donetsk and Luhansk \u2013 which are partially controlled by Russian proxy paramilitary forces \u2013 should be recognised as sovereign and sent in \u201cpeacekeepers\u201d to the region.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>On Thursday, Putin announced a \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/national-security\/2022\/02\/23\/putin-special-military-operation-demilitarization-denazification-ukraine\/\">special military operation<\/a>\u201d and has since gone on to launch attacks throughout the former Soviet satellite state, which he has claimed \u201cwas completely created by Russia\u201d and does not have a \u201ctradition of being an independent country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In addition to so-called \u201cpeacekeeping,\u201d Putin has maintained that his aim is to \u201cdenazify\u201d Ukraine, suggesting that the Zelensky government is an illegitimate Nazi regime that came to power as a result of a \u201ccoup\u201d against former President Viktor\u00a0Yanukovych in 2014, who resigned after widespread protests.<\/p>\n<p>Zelensky, who is Jewish and indeed the grandson of World War II veterans who fought against the Nazi regime, came to power in 2019 in a free and fair election in which he defeated\u00a0Yanukovych\u2019s successor,\u00a0Petro Poroshenko. His rise did not have any direct ties to the events of 2014, in which he was not a major player \u2013 he was still at the time a professional comedian about a year out from the success of his breakthrough sitcom\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt6235122\/\">Servant of the People<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In his address to the Russian Security Council on Friday, Putin claimed that the \u201cmain clashes\u201d seen by the Russian army came from \u201cnationalist formations\u201d, which he claimed were \u201cdirectly responsible for the genocide in Donbass and the bloodshed of civilians in the people\u2019s republics.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Demonstrating further, perhaps, the inability of Russian forces to take over the country, the Putin has also signalled that he would be open to starting negotiations with Kyiv <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/asia\/2022\/02\/25\/putin-ready-to-talk-to-ukraine-after-chinas-xi-jinping-demands-he-respect-sovereignty\/\">upon the urging<\/a> of his counterpart in Beijing, Chinese dictator Xi Jinping.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u2018Missiles Helpless Against Our Freedom\u2019 \u2014 Zelensky Says Defenders of Ukraine Will Protect Country \u2018Alone\u2019<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uCsOXh16LE\">https:\/\/t.co\/uCsOXh16LE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1497165995651313683?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 25, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em><strong>Follow Kurt Zindulka on Twitter here <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KurtZindulka\">@KurtZindulka<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russian leader Vladimir Putin called on Ukranian soldiers on Friday to defect and stage a coup against President Volodymyr Zelensky, whose government Russia has so far failed to topple despite<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1342688","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1342688","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1342688"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1342688\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1342688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1342688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1342688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}