Russian President Vladimir Putin appeared on live television and said he authorized a special military operation in Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region.
According to RT, Putin said the operation will be aimed at “defending” people living in the republics of Donetsk and Luhansk (DPR and LPR), which Russia recognized on Monday.
President Biden released a statement condemning Putin’s operation and said he would announce on Thursday “further consequences” that the US and its allies will “impose on Russia.”
Earlier in the day, the Kremlin said the leaders of the DPR and LPR requested Putin to help in “repelling the aggression” of the Ukrainian military. Russia also ratified treaties with the DPR and LPR that allow military cooperation with the breakaway republics.
Putin issued an order that says: “The People’s Republics of Donbas turned to Russia with a request for help. In this regard, in accordance with Article 51, part 7 of the UN Charter, with the sanction of the Federation Council and in pursuance of the friendship treaties ratified by the Federal Assembly and mutual assistance with the Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics, I have decided to conduct a special military operation.”
Putin is making a big pile of scrap out of billions of dollars of American armaments we gave to Ukraine. Putin says his goal is to neutralize Ukraine not occupy it. I hope he is right. We have on business there.
You’ve left out the most important part of that “special operation.”
Putin is saying that those “lists” of people to be assassinated that the US claimed exists – they exist. They are the people who are responsible for Ukrainian war crimes against Donbass.
Russian investigators identify 85 Ukrainian servicemen complicit in Donbass shelling
https://tass.com/emergencies/1408981
These guys are all dead men walking. And they know it…to wit:
Numerous private cars leaving Kiev, TASS correspondent reports
https://tass.com/politics/1409401
Also important is Putin’s declaration that Ukraine is to be “disarmed.” I’ve recommended for years here and elsewhere that Russia should invade Ukraine, overthrow the nationalist regime, wipe out the neo-Nazi battalions, *disarm the Ukrainian military* – then go home. I believe this is what is going to happen, although it’s not certain Russia will actually overthrow Kiev.
you don’t seem very anti-war to me. calling you out by name. you are positively gloating, dude.
As an anarchist, I don’t support the actions of any state. However, as an American, I especially don’t support the actions of my country. So when I see the CIA and the neocons trying to foment a war, especially against a nuclear power that has the ability to nuke my city, I get concerned. So when said nuclear power makes fools out of my country, it’s somewhat satisfying. It’s a matter of “being correct”, not pro-war. Also, I’ve been expecting exactly this outcome since the crisis started. It’s nice to be “correct”, not “right.”
The US has so much experience with ‘special military operations’, I’m sure we will be understanding… At least Putin’s/Russia’s help was requested…