Putin voices new reasons for large-scale war against Ukraine - ISW
Russian dictator Vladimir Putin has said that he had no choice but to launch a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. However, this decision should have been made earlier.
This was reported by RBC-Ukraine, citing a report by the American Institute for the Study of War (ISW).
The report cited the dictator's interview with Russian journalist Pavel Zarubin on Sunday, December 22, in which he repeated his assertion that Russia should have launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine even earlier than February 2022, but added that it was impossible to say exactly when it should have happened.
According to Putin, Ukraine and the West “misled Russia” and failed to fulfill the Minsk agreements. This allegedly gave Western partners time to prepare Kyiv for future “military actions” against Russia.
The Kremlin leader said that Russia should have “prepared for this” and “chosen the right moment” to launch a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, rather than “waiting for the moment when nothing can be done.”
The ISW drew attention to the fact that Putin did not mention Ukraine's work to strengthen its army as a defensive response to Russia's annexation of Ukrainian territory in 2014 and the outbreak of war in the east of the country.
Author - Dmitriy Levchenko, 23/12/2024
