Kremlin Bizarrely Claims Goal of Demilitarizing Ukraine 'Largely Completed'

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On Saturday, Russian officials claimed that Ukraine had, in fact, been demilitarized—in line with the goals of Moscow's invasion of the Eastern European nation—despite clear and significant evidence to the contrary.

Russia's invasion of Ukraine began nearly 16 months ago in February 2022 and has persisted far longer than Kremlin leadership reportedly anticipated. At the start of the conflict, Russia cited a handful of justifications that were swiftly scrutinized as dubious by experts, including claims that it sought to "denazify" the Ukrainian government and that Russian speakers were being discriminated against in Eastern Ukraine.

Another claim made frequently by Russia as the invasion continues has been about the need to demilitarize Ukraine. On Saturday, the Russian state-run news agency, Tass, reported on claims from Kremlin press secretary Dmitry Peskov that Ukraine had been effectively demilitarized. The claim struck an odd chord, given that Ukraine has arguably more military hardware than ever before thanks to international aid. In attempting to make the argument, Peskov said the goal had still been accomplished since Ukraine is now utilizing less of its own hardware.

"Indeed, Ukraine was heavily militarized at the time of the start of the [special military operation]," Peskov told RT Arabic. "And, as [Russian President Vladimir] Putin said yesterday, one of the tasks was the demilitarization of Ukraine. In fact, this task has been largely completed. Ukraine uses less of its own weapons. And more and more it uses weapons systems that Western countries supply to it."

Kremlin bizarrely claims goal of demilitarizing Ukraine "largely completed"

Russian officials are split on whether Ukraine's increasing supply of foreign military hardware as opposed to its own counts as "demilitarization."

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Maybe it sounds different in Russian.

 

[Mac1958]

Well, it wouldn't be a shock if Russia just said one day, "okay, looks like we did what we needed to do, okay, bye".

Just create your own reality, declare "victory" and get the fuck out.

Such is life in an authoritarian, dictatorial county.

 

[luiza]

How gullible you are OP .Still , good for a breakfast time giggle -- Americans can be so funny .Some will believe almost anything you tell them .

 

[ActionJackson]

How gullible you are OP .Still , good for a breakfast time giggle -- Americans can be so funny .Some will believe almost anything you tell them .

Russia's job would have been done a lot sooner had the warmongers in D.C. not bilked the American taxpayer out of billions of dollars and military equipment.

 

[luiza]

Khazarian forces surrendering in large numbers and suffering huge losses -- the OP is either copletely news ignorant or needs therapy The viewing restriction applies to old people who are cognitively rigid and who would have a heart attack if finding out the truth

 

[Ringo]

 

[shockedcanadian]

This could be a positive outcome. Putin may have realized that the best outcome to save face and political capital will be to call a truce and lecture Ukraine to "no do that again" (whatever they claim "that" to be). You can ve guaranteed of one detail for sure. Russia and China are smart enough that whenever Russia does decide to stop, China will take credit for it to gain favor with the U.S and their media. Russia may even be in on the ruse to help China. Even though it is clear that they are the fuel behind Russias war both nations leaders a wise enough to play that card. Credit to Chins for taking advantage of the situation, though they are probably quite aware that the West knows, they are like any global power, they take advantage of a proxy war and perceived weaknesses in others.