Federica Pascale March 28, 2022
“We call the special military operation in Ukraine, because we are not waging war against Ukraine, we have a conflict with the people who, with Nazi gestures, took the cities and the Ukrainian population hostage.” These are the words of Alexey Bobrovsky, a Russian journalist who has openly denied the ongoing war in Ukraine following the Russian invasion weeks ago. Bobrovsky joins Lilli Gruber on Otto e Mezzo on La7 to explain what he sees as a Russian proPutinian going on between Ukraine and Russia in the episode on Monday 28 March.
“It is a Russian tradition to be very careful with words and choice of vocabulary, as is our president, who, unlike the Americans, is very careful with his choice of words,” says the journalist, referring to those of many experts as such defined words completely out of place. , by US President Joe Biden against Russian President Vladimir Putin. “We very carefully declare that we are not going to war against the Ukrainian people, who for us are a brotherly people and who have always had friendly relations with us,” explains Bobrovsky, interrupted by the presenter, who points out how it is in the Ukrainian Cities continue to be bombed nowadays without leaving room for misunderstanding.
“Unfortunately, the civilian population” “can fall under the blows”, but “the cases are few. Nobody finds themselves under the blows that we send, aimed at military structures says the Russian journalist . Let’s say, in In reality, it is the Ukrainian military that shoots at its population the most. Responding to Bobrovsky’s statements, Limes director Lucio Caracciolo emphasizes that the latter are completely at odds with the facts: “This is obviously a war in which, among other things, never it was clearly clarified what the purpose of this ‘special operation changes almost from day to day.’
According to the Kremlin, the aim is to liberate the Donbass, but “after the attempt to take Kyiv, it seems to me a retreat,” explains Caracciolo. “This operation was launched to eliminate Zelenskyy and invade Kyiv, but it didn’t happen and now the war is likely to get longer because Donbass itself is not yet under full Russian control,” he concludes.