Referencing 200 year old history in a random speech is not a war goal any more than a random Ukrainian with an American flag and a history book talking about the American independence war is actualy inspiration for Ukraine’s stand against Russia.
“There is no state in between. A country is either sovereign or a colony,” he said.
Where is the lie? He is absolutely correct here, not because he is a Marxist or understands imperialism lol, he just stumbles upon the correct take because it is absolutely obvious to every global south country. Ukraine is not a sovereign country under any measure. Certainly without western help during this war it wouldn’t even be a country anymore amid total economic and social collapse.
For those that are not aware or missed it somehow watch this very specifically starting at 1:50 one of the Ukrainian Nazis in an interview talking about this, it is not a meme(as in a joke) but rather a very real thing everyone acknowledges including the Nazis themselves.