{"id":223679,"date":"2023-10-25T10:11:25","date_gmt":"2023-10-25T10:11:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allworldreport.com\/?p=223679"},"modified":"2023-10-25T10:11:25","modified_gmt":"2023-10-25T10:11:25","slug":"putins-puppet-unveils-second-ukraine-next-on-russia-invasion-hit-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allworldreport.com\/world-news\/putins-puppet-unveils-second-ukraine-next-on-russia-invasion-hit-list\/","title":{"rendered":"Putin’s puppet unveils ‘second Ukraine’ next on Russia invasion hit list"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A close ally of president Vladimir Putin warned the international community could soon see a “second Ukraine” as he hinted at the possibility of another European country becoming the target of Russian aggression.<\/p>\n

Former Russian commander Andrey Gurulyov suggested the newly-induced NATO member Finland could be next on Moscow’s hit list amid the construction of a new Russian military base near the border with the EU member state.<\/p>\n

The Republic of Karelia was previously part of Finland but was seized by Russia at the start of the Winter War, the name used for the Soviet invasion of the European nation, in 1939.<\/p>\n

Gurulyov claimed to be monitoring Finnish media in recent months, spotting increasing claims over the capital of Karelia, Petrozavodsk.<\/p>\n

The capital is only 173km away from the border and, according to Finnish reports, it’s where Moscow decided to build a new military base.<\/p>\n

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Gurulyov made the comments during his latest appearance on Russian state TV, and BBC Monitoring reporter Francis Scarr shared the clip online.<\/p>\n

Scarr accompanied the video with the caption: “Russian MP Andrei Gurulyov says that Finland is being turned into a ‘second Ukraine’ and claims that Finns increasingly have territorial claims on Petrozavodsk.”<\/p>\n

The Russian lawmaker said: “We understand very well that they’re turning Finland into a second Ukraine. It’s impossible not to notice these processes.<\/p>\n

“Today, the moods are being heated up within Finland, I gave my aides a specific instruction to look at what Finns are writing\u2014and it’s awful!<\/p>\n

“They’re saying joyously that ‘Petrozavodsk is ours!’ and all the rest of it.”<\/p>\n

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