Tue 12 April 2022:
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said Moscow’s military operation in Ukraine would undoubtedly achieve what he described as its “noble” objectives.
Speaking at an awards event at the Vostochny Cosmodrome in the Russian Far East, Putin said the main objective of Moscow’s military intervention was to save people in the Donbass region of eastern Ukraine, where separatists have been fighting Ukrainian forces since 2014.
“On the one hand, we are helping and saving people, and on the other, we are simply taking measures to ensure the security of Russia itself,” Putin said. “It’s clear that we didn’t have a choice. It was the right decision.”
Russia to ‘calmly’ continue Ukraine offensive: Putin
Putin has said Moscow will press ahead with its plan for what it refers to as its “special military operation” in Ukraine.
“Our task is to fulfil and achieve all the goals set, minimising losses. And we will act rhythmically, calmly, according to the plan originally proposed by the General Staff,” Putin said during the joint televised news conference with Lukashenko.
He added Moscow’s goals were “clear and noble”.
What did Putin say?
Putin has spoken extensively on the conflict in Ukraine at a joint news conference with Lukashenko. Here are some of his claims:
- Western sanctions imposed on Moscow in a bid to make it change course have failed, the Russian president said, adding the “blitzkrieg on which our foes were counting on did not work”.
- He blamed Ukraine’s “inconsistency” for derailing talks between the two sides, suggesting the discussions had reached “a dead end”.
- Putin also said Ukrainian allegations that Russian servicemen killed civilians in Bucha were false.
- In a bleak comparison, he said the Bucha allegations evoked what he called staged chemical weapons attacks in Syria aimed at incriminating the country’s leader, Bashar al-Assad.
SOURCE: INDEPENDENT PRESS AND NEWS AGENCIES
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