“Apparently, it is also our lot to return [what is Russia’s"
V.putin
he also compared himself to the great conquering Tsar Peter the Grerat .
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jun/10/putin-compares-himself-to-peter-the-great-in-quest-to-take-back-russian-lands
at another time he tried to argue that Ukrainians were really just russians
