Russian President Vladimir Putin. Figure: Flip through Putin’s Facebook (file photo)
More than a month since Russia violated Ukraine, there have been multiple war crimes of sexual assault and massacre of civilians. However, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on the 12th that Moscow’s military operations in Ukraine will undoubtedly achieve what he calls “noble” goals. In order to protect Russia, Moscow has no choice but to launch military action, and a conflict with anti-Russian forces in Ukraine is inevitable. He also touted the Russian troops in Ukraine as brave, efficient and armed with the latest weapons.
Speaking at an award ceremony at the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Russia’s Amur region, Putin declared that the Russian military operation was “extremely clear and lofty”, mainly to save relatives in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine. Russian separatists. “We are helping and saving people on the one hand, and on the other hand, we are taking action to ensure the safety of Russia itself. We obviously have no choice, and this is the right decision,” he stressed.
According to the TASS news agency, Putin also praised the bravery, efficiency and use of the latest weapons by the Russian military in the Moscow operation in Ukraine. However, under the stubborn resistance of the Ukrainian troops, the Russian army suffered heavy casualties; Western countries also imposed extensive sanctions on Russia, trying to pressure Russia to withdraw its troops. Putin said that Western attempts to isolate Moscow would ultimately fail, citing the Soviet space program as proof that Russia might achieve impressive feats under difficult circumstances.
Putin mentioned that the Soviet astronaut Yuri Gagarin became the first person to enter space 61 years ago. At that time, there were comprehensive sanctions and complete isolation, and the Soviet Union was still leading the world in space travel. He also reiterated: “We do not intend to be isolated. It is impossible to strictly isolate any country in the modern world, especially a big country like Russia.”
Putin went to the Vostok space launch site with ally Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko on the 12th, and Belarus is currently included in a comprehensive sanctions plan once morest Russia by many countries. “Why on earth are we so worried regarding these sanctions?” Lukashenko said, according to Russian state television label, it’s not fair.
