Russian special operation in Ukraine entering new phase

Russian special operation in Ukraine is entering a new phase. The President of Russia today addressed the citizens of his country and announced a partial mobilization. There are plans to conscript 300,000 reservists.

The Russian leader said that the Western services are leading the Ukrainian army and do not give official Kiev an opportunity to negotiate peace. In its aggressive anti-Russian policy, the West has crossed every line. Vladimir Putin stressed the invariability of the goal of the special military operation - the liberation of the entire territory of Donbass.

Vladimir Putin, President of Russia:

“After today's Kiev regime actually publicly refused a peaceful solution to the Donbass problem and, moreover, announced its claim to nuclear weapons, it became absolutely clear that a new regular large-scale offensive on Donbass, as it had already happened twice before, was inevitable. And then an attack on Russian Crimea, on Russia, would inevitably follow. In this context, the decision to conduct a pre-emptive military operation was absolutely necessary and the only possible one. Its main objectives, the liberation of the entire territory of Donbass, remain unchanged.”