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Zelenskyi: Putin Wants to Restore the Soviet Union

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Zelenskyi was interviewed remotely at the Helsinki Security Forum.

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President Volodymyr Zelensky said that the words of Russian dictator Vladimir Putin about the alleged loss of statehood by Ukraine testify to the Kremlin's real goal in the war — the restoration of Russian influence of the times of the USSR and the occupation of all Ukrainian territories.

·Kyiv, Ukraine
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Zelensky's remote visit was not announced in advance in the event program.

·Helsinki, Finland
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Zelenskyi was interviewed remotely at the Helsinki Security Forum.

·Helsinki, Finland
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy told the Helsinki Security Forum that Vladimir Putin is the biggest obstacle to Ukraine's accession to the European Union, claiming that his goal is to restore the Soviet Union. The Ukrainian president assessed that Moscow is not only seeking control of Donbass but of all of Ukraine, while he said that Russian interest also extends to other former Soviet republics, such as Kazakhstan, Belarus and the Baltic countries.

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yle broke the news in Helsinki, Finland on Friday, October 2, 2026.
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