The special military operation was a forced measure and it is necessary to be grateful to the Russian army, Russian President Vladimir Putin said during a press conference today.
The President reminded that his country is not trying to escalate the conflict in Ukraine, but to end a war that began in 2014 after a foreign-inspired coup d’état that the West does not want to talk about. he said.
This year, the government that came to power in Kyiv launched a war against part of the Ukrainian people, who consider themselves part of the Russian world and cannot act against the will of the people, the president said.
Moscow’s primary goal is to protect people who are considered part of the Russian people and culture, Putin said.
The United States has long been involved in the processes of the post-Soviet space, and institutions from this country were already working in Ukraine during the USSR era, the President recalled.
And after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the United States managed to divide the Russians and the Ukrainians, so Russia, despite all efforts to prevent it, failed in this regard, Putin said, adding that it was thanks to American support was that the nationalist extremists had come to power. in Kiew.
All of this prompted our decision to start operations at the end of February this year, the head of state said.
Before and after February 24, Russia had high hopes that the post-2014 peace deals for Ukraine would work, but now it turns out it was deceived, Putin said.
I would also like to remind you, added the President, that “all armed conflicts end in one way or another with some kind of negotiation through diplomatic channels, and we have never denied this. It is the Ukrainian leadership that has banned itself from negotiations.”
Putin further noted that the difference between Russia and its opponents lies in the fact that the Ukrainian military-industrial system is or is about to be completely canceled and soon they will have no base of their own, while the capabilities of the Russian army will continue to grow .
The ruler stressed that the military resources of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) countries were not on the verge of exhaustion, but their Soviet weapons arsenals were running out, since Russia had almost completely destroyed them in Ukraine.
The head of state referred to the decision to deploy Patriot missile systems in Ukraine, about which he said that his country’s armed forces will also eliminate these weapons, so the enemy will have to develop new systems, which will take a long time resources.
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