Ukrainian official says Russia is trying to split country in 2; Blinken walks back Biden regime remark: Live Ukraine updates

A top Ukrainian official accused Russia of trying to split Ukraine into two countries, drawing a comparison to North and South Korea.

Kyrylo Budanov, the head of Ukrainian military intelligence, said Sunday that Russia was making "an attempt to create North and South Korea in Ukraine," Reuters reported.

“The occupiers will try to pull the occupied territories into a single quasi-state structure and pit it against independent Ukraine,” Budanov said in a statement released by the Defense Ministry.

But he said Ukrainian guerrilla warfare would prevent that from happening.

Russia has said its invasion is focused on recognizing the independence of Ukraine's Donbas region, which has been partially controlled by Russia-backed separatists since 2014. The Russian Defense Ministry said last week Moscow had accomplished that goal, and would be moving to secure the "liberation" of Donetsk and Luhansk, two areas within Donbas.

Budanov's comments came a day after President Joe Biden's final remarks during a speech Saturday in Poland, where he said of Putin: "For God’s sake, this man cannot remain in power.”

The White House has since clarified that the U.S. is not attempting to have Putin removed from office.

 

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