“Kremlin spokesman claims Russia is preserving human life in Ukraine military operation”

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Russia, which is conducting a “special military operation” in Ukraine, is trying to preserve cities and human life, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in an interview broadcast on Republika Srpska’s ATV TV channel on Wednesday and quoted by TASS.

“Of course, comparing the military potential of Ukraine and Russia is very complicated. And you will say: why are the Russians acting so slowly? Because the Russians are not waging a war,” said Peskov.

“We’re not waging war. Waging war is completely different, it’s total destruction of infrastructure, it’s total destruction of cities. We’re not doing that. We’re trying to preserve infrastructure and we’re trying to preserve human life.” explained Peskov.

From the very first day of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin described it as a “special military operation”. Peskov’s remarks contradict numerous reports of Russian strikes against residential buildings and infrastructure in Ukraine.

The Kremlin spokesman repeated the thesis that the West had “lied” to Russia since the collapse of the Soviet Union by expanding NATO and deploying NATO infrastructure on Russia’s borders.

Peskov also said that in the first year of the “special military operation” Russia has achieved a number of goals, but “it is still necessary to push the enemy far away”, therefore the military actions will continue.
(BTA, Petar Kudrev)