Russian President says military operation was ‘right decision’
Putin said Russia had no choice but to make the “right decision” to launch a military operation in Ukraine to achieve “a noble goal”.
Speaking at the ceremony at the Vostochny Cosmodrome in the Far East today, the President of Russia Vladimir Putin declared a clash with “anti-Russian forces in Ukraine” inevitable and that Moscow was forced to launch a military operation in the country.
“On the one hand, we are helping and saving lives, and on the other hand, we are simply taking measures to ensure Russia’s own security. Obviously we have no choice. It was the right decision. right,” Putin said.
The Russian president said that Moscow’s main goal in launching the military operation is to save the people of the Donbass region in eastern Ukraine, where Russian-backed separatists have been fighting the army. Ukraine since 2014.
“The goals of the campaign are completely clear and lofty,” he said, adding that Moscow would certainly achieve these goals.
President Vladimir Putin at a meeting with Russian security council officials on the outskirts of Moscow on April 7. Image: Reuters.
The Kremlin boss also warned the West that any attempt to isolate Russia would fail, citing the success of the former Soviet space program, showing that Moscow can achieve great leaps. impressive despite facing the situation of Western embargo and isolation.
The Kremlin once said it would never again depend on the West after the US and its allies repressed it sanctions because of the military campaign in Ukraine.
“We will not be isolated,” he said. “Isolating anyone in this modern world is impossible, especially a country as large as Russia.”
Russia on February 24 launched a military operation to “demilitarize and de-fascist Ukraine”. After more than a month of hostilities, Russia withdrew its troops from the area around the capital Kiev and the city of Chernihiv to focus on the region. Donbass. Observers say that the reason Russia has shifted its focus is to narrow the scope of the campaign in search of a sure victory.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said that more than 4.5 million people left Ukraine after the outbreak of hostilities, 90% of them women and children, because Ukrainian authorities do not allow men. displaced people of military age.
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights said 1,793 civilians have died and 2,439 injured since the outbreak of hostilities, but warned the actual number could be higher.
Thanh Tam (According to Reuters)
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