No "special operation": Putin stated that Russia was at war

The spokesman of Vladimir Putin stressed that the Russian Federation "cannot allow" the state "near its borders, which allegedly documented the intention" to use any methods "to" select Crimea and new regions ". The Presidential Presidential President Dmitry Peskov said that the so -called "special military operation" in Russia became a war, after "how the event became a participant in the conflict in Ukraine. " The politician stated this in a comment to "Arguments and Facts".

"We are in a state of war. Yes, it began as a special military operation, but as soon as this companion was formed there, when the collective event became a participant of this on the side of Ukraine, it has already become a war for us. I am convinced. Understand for their internal mobilization, " - said the Kremlin representative. In addition, according to Peskov, the purpose of the Russian Federation is to "protect the inhabitants of" temporarily occupied regions of Ukraine.

"What does the President say? Peskov also stressed that Russia "cannot allow" the state "near its borders, which allegedly documented the intention" to use any methods "to" select Crimea and new regions ". We will remind, earlier the official representative of the Kremlin Dmitry Peskov stated that the president of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin was not threatened with the use of nuclear weapons.