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The 'special military operation' continues to reach new lows. PART 2 on 22:35 - Feb 4 by Cafe_Newman
"Russia’s war aim was to quickly capture Kyiv and consolidate the entire country into to Russia."
Was that Russia's stated aim, or our interpretation of what their initial actions were?
A link from a Russian source would be helpful?
[Post edited 4 Feb 22:40]
It’s difficult to interpret their march on Kyiv in the opening of the invasion as anything other than an attempt to capture the capital and install a puppet government. Unless you think they were just heading there for sightseeing and to take some photos.
As for your ‘question’, how about from the horses’ mouth himself:-
“ During the recent Direct Line, when I was asked about Russian-Ukrainian relations, I said that Russians and Ukrainians were one people – a single whole.”
From his ramblings at the start of the invasion:
en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/66181
In the spring of 2021, Putin released a long essay on Ukraine that not only asserted the special regional role of Russia but aimed to undermine the whole idea of a Ukrainian nation and Ukrainian statehood.
Of course its full of obfuscation, the famously honest Russians denied they were going to invade the week before it happened, lied about shooting down a passenger jet in the east, and denied they were invading Crimea as it happened live on TV (the troops took of their Russian insignia).
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The 'special military operation' continues to reach new lows. PART 2 on 15:28 - Feb 24 with 199 views
RTE correspondent Tony Connolly and cameraman Bram Verbeke were in Kharkive on the 4 year anniversary of the military operation/war. I have already posted one of their reports, here are some more.
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