Speaking at Moscow’s Luzhniki Stadium, Russian President Vladmir Putin called what was happening in Ukraine a war, a war.
Putin’s speech at Moscow’s Luzhniki Stadium in Russia was waiting for him at 3 pm Russian time. It was to be broadcast on all Russian state television channels. The speech began later and half-heartedly.
Putin said: “It so happened that the beginning of the operation coincided, completely coincidentally, with the birthday of one of our most outstanding warlords …” At that point, Putin’s speech was interrupted, and the president himself disappeared from the television screens.
The next moment, the television already broadcast the performance of singer Oleg Gazmanov and choirs dressed in army uniforms.
Russian television is tightly controlled, and such interruptions or missiles in programs with the participation of the leaders of the authoritarian state are very unusual, reports LETA.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the broadcast had been interrupted due to a technical failure on the server and was later broadcast. He called the events in Ukraine warfare.
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