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MOSCOW – Russian President Vladimir Putin said the decision to start special operations in Ukraine was not an easy one. He stressed that Moscow is trying to resolve the Donbass conflict peacefully.

He said Kiev should have allowed Donbass people to speak Russian freely and live as they wished, but Ukrainian authorities instead organized a blockade of the region.

The Russian president announced special operations in Ukraine on February 24, 2022, citing continued shelling in Donbass by Kiev troops, and the need for the demilitarization and de-Nazification of Ukraine.

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Putin further said Russia had detected the emergence of fighters from the Middle East in Ukraine, who were trying to use “jihad cars” equipped with explosives to attack the Russian military.

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“So far, this attack has been unsuccessful,” Putin said. The President emphasized that so far the military operation in Ukraine is proceeding according to plan.

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“I think our army will complete all the tasks it faces. I didn’t doubt it for a second. The whole course of operations proved it, everything went according to plan, according to schedule. (…) what they did was destroy the entire military infrastructure, well not all, but some. Especially the arsenal of weapons, ammunition, aviation, air defense systems,” Putin said, quoted by Sputnik on Saturday (5/3/2022).

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