Peskov Humiliates Putin

The Kremlin spokesman has admitted historical Ukrainian lands within the Russian Federation.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has accidentally humiliated his boss Vladimir Putin while trying to insult Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky.

The embarrassing incident for the Kremlin spokesman occurred during a conversation with "Cabinet" propagandist Zarubin. The latter asked Peskov for his opinion on Zelensky's decree on "historical Ukrainian lands" within modern Russia.

"Can Kyiv's statement about territorial claims to Russia be treated as just another piece of nonsense?" The propagandist asked.

To which Peskov replied, "It's not nonsense." The Kremlin spokesman then went on a traditional bender. He attributed to Zelensky "an attempt to camouflage the problems that the 'Kyiv regime' is accumulating".

Interestingly, Peskov said that Zelensky was allegedly trying to resemble Putin by taking "absurd ideological steps". In doing so, he linked the "absurd" decisions to the persona of Putin himself.

"He wants to resemble Putin himself... He has to disguise himself with something, make such absurd ideological steps, try to declare some claims to our territories," said Putin's henchman.

On 22 January, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky signed a decree 'On the territories of the Russian Federation historically inhabited by Ukrainians'.

The decree tasked the government with developing an action plan to preserve the national identity of Ukrainians in the Russian Federation.

This plan should be developed with the participation of international experts, representatives of the World Congress of Ukrainians, academics and the public, and then submitted to the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine.

It should also address the collection and study of facts and evidence of crimes against Ukrainians living in historically Ukrainian-populated territories of Russia, such as Kuban, Starodubshchina, Northern and Eastern Slobozhanshchina within the current borders of Krasnodar Krai, Belgorod, Bryansk, Voronezh, Kursk and Rostov regions.