Russian President Vladimir Putin.Figure: Flip through Putin’s Facebook
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was hit head-on, and the Russian army suffered heavy casualties. Ukraine also called for many “international volunteer troops” to provide cross-border support. Russia also asked for help even if it lost. It previously lied that “it did not send compulsory soldiers to the battlefield.” Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed today (11) days to allow more than 16,000 “volunteers” from the Middle East to join the Ukrainian fight once morest Ukraine.
According to Archyde.com, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu announced at the Security Council of the Russian Federation today that more than 16,000 volunteers in the Middle East are ready to join the separatist and independent region of eastern Ukraine. Russian-backed forces in Donbass.
“If you see people who want to help the residents of Donbass out of their own free will and not for money, then we need to provide the resources they want and help them reach the conflict zone,” Putin said following hearing the news. Igu also proposed that the Western-made Javelin and Stinger missiles captured by the Russian army in Ukraine should be handed over to the troops in the Donbass.
Putin responded: “With regard to the delivery of weapons, especially Western-made weapons that fell into the hands of the Russian army, of course I support the military units that can hand them over to the Lugansk and Donetsk People’s Republics.” He also instructed Xiao Yigu to do so. Shortly before Putin invaded Ukraine on February 24, he recognized the separatist areas of Luhansk and Donetsk as independent states, sparking international condemnation of the action as illegal.
The Kremlin claimed that Russia was carrying out “special military operations” in Ukraine because of the genocide of the Russian-speaking population in Ukraine, and was therefore forced to act, but Moscow’s claim was refuted by Kyiv and the West as unwarranted. Unsubstantiated war propaganda. Xiao Yigu also said that due to the increase in the number of Western camp military units deployed on Russia’s western border, the Russian army plans to strengthen the defense of the western border.
