“Our goal is not to worsen the military conflict, but on the contrary, to end this war,” said the Russian president
Ten months after Russia invaded Ukraine, Vladimir Putin used the word “war” to refer to what his country has so far called a “military operation,” CNN reports.
“Our goal is not to aggravate the military conflict, but on the contrary, to end this war,” the Russian president told reporters in Moscow, while attending a meeting of the State Council on Youth Policy. “We have been trying and we will continue to try for this” he added.
Putin’s critics say the use of the word “war” to describe the conflict in Ukraine has been illegal in Russia since last March, when the Russian leader also imposed a censorship law that made it a crime to spread “fake” information about the invasion. . In fact, this law provides for up to 15 years in prison for anyone convicted.
So Putin’s use of the word did not go unnoticed.
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