“Putin has changed”… He writes these words himself that sent him to jail just for hearing them

Russia, which invaded Ukraine on February 24 last year, has always talked about a ‘special military operation’ instead of war.

Even the Criminal Code was amended so that calling for war would be punished. There are many people who actually went to jail for violating this provision.

However, as time goes by, not only Russian President Vladimir Putin, but also high-ranking ministers and broadcast agitators have unconsciously mentioned the word ‘war’ frequently lately.

According to a video shared on Twitter by the “Russian Media Watch Corps,” which monitors political propaganda on Russia’s state-run broadcaster, on the 29th (local time), Russian state-run TV host Margarita Samonian, a news reporter, spoke about Russian troops currently fighting in Ukraine. It was called ‘war’.

He used the word war while referring to the necessity of a war between Russia and the West.

“The situation in Ukraine is over,” he said. Whether you call it a ‘war’ or a ‘special military operation’, the meaning is the same in the end.”

The chief reporting officer of RT, a state-run broadcaster that President Putin enjoys watching, stipulated during the broadcast that a special military operation had the same meaning as a war. Even state-run broadcasters openly violated the law.

Previously, Vladimir Solovyov, an aide to President Putin and host of a talk show on Russia 1 channel, called “Putin’s voice,” also spat out the word “war” during a broadcast last October.

Earlier last month, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, who is in charge of foreign affairs in Russia, also used the word “war” at a press conference.

“I didn’t start a war because I didn’t like Zelensky or because I stopped performing a comedy show,” he said at the time. “We have been warning Ukraine for years.” The word ‘war’ came out of the mouth of a diplomat.

On the 22nd of last month, even President Putin directly mentioned the word ‘war’.

During a speech in Moscow, he said, “I’m not trying to fan the (Ukraine) military conflict,” and “rather, the goal is to end the ‘war’.”

Regarding this, some analyze that Russia is starting to talk about the war openly to build a cause with an additional mobilization order in mind due to the lack of troops due to the prolongation of the war.