• Russia obviously does not want to take over Ukraine. How do you get this idea?
• In the quote Putin does talk about partnership...
  This is why your interpretation seems to me to be very biased.
  I am not a fan of any ruler (there are bad ones and terrible ones), but I am also not a fan of any XXX-phobic narration or interpretation.

I would suggest you (re-)watch Putin's speech at the Munich security conference.