During Putin’s address, he mentioned regions that he is going to “liberate from the neo-Nazi regime” – this is how the Russian leader describes the power elected in Ukraine in 2014.
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“Today I am addressing you, to all citizens of our country, to people of different ages, generations and nationalities. To the nations of our great Homeland. To all who are united by the Great Historical Russia.” Putin.
“To the army officers and volunteers who are now on the front line in a combat position, to our brothers and sisters of the people of Donetsk and Lugansk National Republic, Kherson and Zaporizhia regions and other regions liberated from the neo-Nazi regime.” – the leader of Russia outlined his vision.
The Russian-Ukrainian war is an armed aggression by the Russian Federation against Ukraine that began in February 2014. Initially, Russian operations took the form of a hybrid war, the elements of which were, among others: military intervention in Crimea and its annexation, the war in Donbas and the incident in the Kerch Strait.
From the autumn of 2021, the conflict began to escalate, turning on February 24, 2022 into an open armed conflict of the nature of a regular war, when Russia launched a large-scale invasion of Ukraine.
