as you enter The war on Ukraine is its monthfor the love ofRussian President Vladimir Putin announced on Wednesday that “Russia will achieve all of its goals in Ukraine, despite hostile actions by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).”
Putin said: “We will provide everything necessary for the success of the special military operation in Ukraine.”
The Russian president has pledged to permanently and continuously strengthen the military capabilities of the Russian army, especially nuclear capabilities.
This came in Putin’s announcement of his country’s military goals for the year 2023 during a meeting with senior military leaders.
He hailed Russian soldiers as “heroes” and called on military leaders present to use their experience gained from the fighting in Syria and the 10-month special military campaign in Ukraine.
He said, “The state has provided the Russian forces with everything they need in the military operation for Ukraine, and positive results must be achieved.”
On the inside of Russia, Putin spoke of “the crises that Russian citizens are suffering from and the need to work to resolve them”.
Putin added, “Ukraine could have remained a neutral country and our attempts to achieve this were unsuccessful.”
For his part, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu announced an increase in the number of the Russian army to one and a half million soldiers.
He referred to the strengthening of the number of Russian fighters in Ukraine, pointing to the discovery of mistakes after the start of the military operation, especially when the fighters were called for partial mobilization.
He said the fees received by conscripts are the same as those paid by contractors.
He referred to the control of the city of Mariupol, the elimination of neo-Nazis, as he said, and the reconstruction of the city and the port facing the Sea of Azov, which has become a Russian inland sea, emphasizing that the city is completely peaceful, according to his statements.
The Kremlin: American weapons to Ukraine aggravate the conflict
The Kremlin said Wednesday that new US arms shipments to Ukraine would only “exacerbate” the conflict with Russia, just before Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived in Washington.
“All of this certainly exacerbates the conflict and does not bode well for Ukraine,” Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, referring to new arms shipments to Kiev. He added that he did not expect a change in Zelensky’s stance regarding his refusal to negotiate with President Vladimir Putin after this visit.
Western military officials have warned of the possibility of a new escalation of Russian attacks against Ukraine, not ruling out the possibility of launching an attack against northern Ukraine, andIn particular from the Belarusian lands, Putin’s allies The first in this war.
Russian President Putin had described the situation in the regions of Donisk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhia as very difficult, calling on the security forces in those regions to do everything possible to ensure maximum security and respect for citizens’ rights and freedoms .
The Russian president had indicated that the Kiev regime is deliberately targeting residential and civilian neighborhoods in the city of Donetsk.
“It is clear that the security situation in Donetsk is no less severe than in Luhansk given the intense shelling by Ukrainian forces of residential areas in Donetsk,” Putin said during a meeting with the acting president of the Donetsk People’s Republic Denis Pushlin.
He continued: “We draw your attention to the fact that there are no foreign media or human rights organizations, as they say, reporting on this bombing.”
For his part, Pushlin has asked President Putin to strengthen air defense in Donetsk to protect cities from Ukrainian bombing. Pushlin explained that as a result of the Ukrainian shelling of Donetsk from December 2 to 18, 21 civilians were killed and 94 others were injured.
The Russian president visited Belarus on Monday, where he met his ally, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, and asked Strengthen military relations with this allied country.
Before the Russian president arrived in Minsk, Moscow announced that its military forces were conducting military exercises with Belarusian forces.
And Russia’s Defense Ministry has released images of military maneuvers with Belarusian forces, showing soldiers driving armored vehicles and practicing artillery and sniping strikes in a snowy field.
