Putin: In the western part of Ukraine, there are lands that Stalin gifted to Ukraine after WW2. Yes, it was Stalin who

Putin: In the western part of Ukraine, there are lands that Stalin gifted to Ukraine after WW2. Yes, it was Stalin who gifted those lands to Ukraine. But he gifted them within the framework of a single state. Apparently, it never occurred to him that a situation like today's could arise. By the way, I am sure that sooner or later, Ukraine will lose these western lands. What belonged to Poland, Hungary, and Romania will eventually, historically, return to its place. There was only one guarantor of Ukraine's territorial integrity—and that was Russia. But they found it necessary, possible, and beneficial for themselves to declare Russia their enemy.