You are full of it. Just free style what you think Putin has said, though he never did, and imagine the future.
Why can’t you just stick to facts?
Putin said it in his TV address to the nation when he started the war in Ukraine.
“I would like to emphasise again that Ukraine is not just a neighbouring country for us. It is an inalienable part of our own history, culture and spiritual space. These are our comrades, those dearest to us – not only colleagues, friends and people who once served together, but also relatives, people bound by blood, by family ties.
Since time immemorial, the people living in the south-west of what has historically been Russian land have called themselves Russians and Orthodox Christians. This was the case before the 17th century, when a portion of this territory rejoined the Russian state, and after.”
http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/67828
He said that the people living in Ukraine have called themselves “Russians”, and therefore they are Russians. He was playing with words. These people were actually Rusyns or Ruthenians, not Russians.