“When asked if he would change his decision if he could return in February 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the so-called “special military operation” should have been launched even earlier.”, — write: www.pravda.com.ua
When asked whether he would change his decision if he could return in February 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the so-called “special military operation” should have been launched even earlier.
Source: Putin’s speech during the so-called “Results of the Year”
Direct speech: “I would have thought that such a decision, which we made at the beginning of 2022, should have been made earlier. This is the first. And the second – knowing this, it was necessary to start preparing for these events, including the “SVO”. After all, the Crimean events were spontaneous, and the events of 2022 began without preparation. Because it was impossible to stand still and wait for the situation to get worse for us.”
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Putin also repeated his accusations against Ukraine, saying that Kyiv refused to implement the Minsk agreements. He mentioned “eight years of war” and “the destruction of everything connected with Russia.”
When asked by a journalist about the impact of the war on him personally, Putin complained that he began to joke and laugh less.