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Military Operation in Ukraine 'Should' Have Been Launched Earlier, Says Putin
Military Operation in Ukraine 'Should' Have Been Launched Earlier, Says Putin
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In February 2022, on the orders of President Vladimir Putin, the Russian Armed Forces launched a special military operation in Ukraine aimed at liberating and... 22.12.2024, Sputnik Africa
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Russian President Vladimir Putin asserted that the military operation in Ukraine should have begun earlier, citing what he described as Western duplicity regarding the Minsk agreements.According to him, Moscow should have recognized sooner that the West had no intention of upholding the 2014 and 2015 Minsk agreements designed to end hostilities in eastern Ukraine.In fact, Western leaders later publicly admitted that their intention with these agreements was to give Kiev time to rearm, Presidesnt Putin recalled.Aware of this attitude on the part of the West and the Kiev regime, Moscow should have acted "more decisively and in a more timely manner," according to President Putin.The military operation was finally launched in February 2022, "our inaction would be a crime against the interests of Russia and its people," the president concluded.
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Military Operation in Ukraine 'Should' Have Been Launched Earlier, Says Putin
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In February 2022, on the orders of President Vladimir Putin, the Russian Armed Forces launched a special military operation in Ukraine aimed at liberating and defending the Russian-speaking population of the eastern Donbass region, who have been suffering from a blockade and attacks by the Kiev regime's forces since 2014.
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Vladimir Putin asserted that the military operation in Ukraine should have begun earlier, citing what he described as Western duplicity regarding the Minsk agreements.
According to him, Moscow should have recognized sooner that the West had no intention of upholding the 2014 and 2015 Minsk agreements designed to end hostilities in eastern Ukraine.
"It's impossible to give a precise date and deadline, but in any case, we should have understood earlier that our adversaries were not going to implement the Minsk* agreements, that they were taking us for a ride," the Russian leader said in an interview with Russian media.
In fact, Western leaders later publicly admitted that their intention with these agreements was to give Kiev time to rearm, Presidesnt Putin recalled.
"If they gave them the opportunity to prepare for future hostilities, it means that they expected them to start," the head of state stressed.
Aware of this attitude on the part of the West and the Kiev regime, Moscow should have acted "more decisively and in a more timely manner," according to President Putin.
The military operation was finally launched in February 2022, "our inaction would be a crime against the interests of Russia and its people," the president concluded.
