Ukraine has been fighting off a Russian invasion for more than 14 months and the city of Bakhmut in the Donetsk region has been at the center of hostilities for months. Against this backdrop, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s press secretary Dmitry Peskov said Moscow had partially achieved its goals in Ukraine. Addition: “But by no means all”.
Putin’s confidante Peskov had animated conversations with journalists from the Bosnian television channel ATV. Unsurprisingly, the conversation turned to the war in Ukraine. In the war that has been going on for more than a year, Russia has “partially achieved” its goals. But not all tasks “to protect residents of Donbass” have been solved yet.
“We Don’t Fight”
On the modest successes of the Russian armed forces in Ukraine, the top diplomat said: “You wonder why the Russians act so slowly? It’s because the Russians don’t fight, we don’t fight. War is something completely different. The infrastructure and the cities would be completely destroyed. We are not doing that.”
Extremely bloody war
How unrealistic this statement is, is shown by the daily messages that come in from the Ukraine. The war has caused an enormous amount of destruction, including residential buildings and civilian infrastructure. Videos circulating online show highly toxic phosphorus bombs being dropped over Bakhmut.
Its use against civilians is prohibited by the Geneva Convention and would therefore be a war crime. Cities such as Mariupol, Sievjerodonetsk and Bakhmut have been turned into ruins as a result of the Russian war of conquest. Thousands of Ukrainian civilians have already died.
No major land gains
Last fall, after a series of defeats in the war he commanded, Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin declared that Russia had not even begun to go to war. The words were taken as a threat to further escalate the conflict – even despite a partial mobilization. Yet Russia failed to capture any major territory during the winter campaign.
Source: Krone
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