When asked what advice would he give his grandchildren, Russian president Vladimir Putin responded with an answer that is uncharacteristic for a former KGB officer who has a history of magnificent mendacity behind him. Don’t lie, Putin said. While his advice for grandchildren might have a ring of honesty to it, everything that the Russian ruler said about Ukraine followed the well-known script of untruth we are all too familiar with, Ukrainians and Russians are one people, the Ukrainian government is incapable of governing, the war in eastern Ukraine is not of Russia’s making and so forth.
Russia's War Against Ukraine
Stop Fake: Putin’s direct line and Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin holds his annual televised phone-in with the nation in Moscow on June 7.
