Ukrainian
President Petro Poroshenko claims that after the defeat in Donbas with the
'Novorossiya' project, Russian President Vladimir Putin will try to create a
'Novosyria' (literally "New Syria") to strengthen his positions,
according to Ukraina TV Channel.
"Putin has failed to build a coalition with the help of Syria to negotiate Syrian
issues," Poroshenko
said in an interview with TV journalists, which was broadcast by Ukraina TV
Channel on Sunday. "Putin's wish is very simple: having failed in a
strategy for creating 'Novorossiya' in the east of Ukraine, he cannot give up
that logic and will try to create a 'Novosyria' to strengthen his
positions."
"But the world before Putin's aggression in Syria
and the world after Putin's aggression in Syria are different," Poroshenko
said.
In his words, Putin will try to regain leverage in
big-league politics. And "he will try to get there through the back-door
entrance – from Syria," Poroshenko said.
"Putin hasn't joined the international
coalition" – he is on the side of terrorists, according to Poroshenko.
"Russia continues to be a sponsor of terrorism, and the world is
shocked," he added.
UNIAN's memo. 'Novorossiya' (literally "New Russia") is a Russian propaganda-fueled project, represented by
the two self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic and Luhansk People's Republic
in Donbas, Ukraine's east.
Russia annexed the Ukrainian territory of Crimea in
March 2014 after its troops had invaded the peninsula, and then began to
destabilize the situation in Donbas. Later, the self-proclaimed Donetsk and
Luhansk People's Republics were created, with the direct participation of
Russian special forces and the support of Russian army in Donbas, according to
Ukraine officials.
Russia launched airstrikes on Syria on September 30,
2015, mainly hitting areas held by rival insurgent groups rather than the
Islamic State fighters it said it was targeting, according to UK-based Syrian
Observatory for Human Rights.
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