Putin said why he attacked Ukraine – ISW report
According to the Russian dictator, the West was preparing Ukraine for a future attack on the Russian Federation.
Kremlin dictator Vladimir Putin said he had no choice but to attack Ukraine. Moreover, if it were possible to go back, he would have decided to invade before February 2022.
The Institute for the Study of War (ISW) writes about this with reference to Putin's interview published in the Russian Federation on Sunday, December 22.
The head of the Kremlin also claims that Ukraine, together with the West, “misled Russia” and violated the Minsk agreements. In addition, Western partners were preparing Kyiv for “military actions” against the Russian Federation in the future.
Given the “threat” from Ukraine and NATO, Russia had to prepare and “choose the right time” for the start of the so-called “SVO” in order “not to wait for the moment when nothing can be done.”
ISW analysts drew attention to the fact that Putin “forgot” to say…
