Freud's Out: Putin first called the war in Ukraine "war" (video)
Putin's press conference staff published the Russian media "Our goal not to unwind the flywheel of the military conflict, but on the contrary - to end this war. We will strive and seek this," Putin said, speaking to journalists. However, the Russian media noted that Putin said the word "war" in the context of the armed conflict in Ukraine on October 27, speaking at the plenary session of the XIX meeting of the Valdai International Discussion Club. Only then did he voice the phrase "Civil War".
"Ukrainians and Russians are one nation. This is a historical fact. Civil war is happening now. Ukraine was formed as an artificial state after the collapse of the Russian Empire," Putin said at the end of October. Meanwhile, the word "war" after the start of a full -scale armed invasion of the Russian Federation into Ukraine was criminalized in Russia, at the same time, citizens are threatened with punishment up to criminal. The precedent was a trial on the Telegram channel "Network Freedom".
According to the Air Force journalists, during the hearing of the Tver Court of Moscow, the prosecutor Dmitry Vagurin named two reasons why it is impossible to speak and write on social networks the word "war" in the context of war in Ukraine. In short, the Russian Federation did not formally declare the war for Ukraine, and the country did not have the legal consequences of this (mobilization, commandant hour, etc. ).
Secondly, the term "war" is an inaccurate presentation of the essence of the "military operation in Ukraine," explained the prosecutor. Earlier, The Financial Times has published a material that said that Russian President Vladimir Putin began to prepare the Russians for a long war with Ukraine, calling the situation with the war "extremely difficult". It was emphasized that despite the difficulties encountered by the occupiers, Putin is not going to abandon his initial goals in Ukraine.