Putin Compares Himself to Peter the Great and Just Revealed His Ukrainian Endgame

Wes O'Donnell
3 min readJun 10, 2022

Getting into Putin’s mind these days is no easy task.

So when he tells us what his endgame is in Ukraine, through historical comparisons, we should take note.

Yesterday, Putin met with a group of young entrepreneurs at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum where he gave a short speech comparing himself to Peter the Great and his war against Sweden.

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Wes O'Donnell

Army & Air Force Veteran | Global Security guy at War is Boring, GEN, OneZero | Intel Forecaster | Law Student | TEDx Speaker | Pro-Democracy | Pro-Human Rights