Unexpected statements came from Russia regarding the war that has been being fought since February 2022. The Kremlin has in fact admitted that the situation in Ukraine is “very difficult” and still far from its objectives but specified that this depends on the fact that “there is no it is a war, but an operation conducted trying to save cities and human lives. “The special military operation continues. It is a very difficult operation and, of course, some goals have been achieved in one year,” said Russian presidency spokesman Dmitry Peskov in an interview with Bosnian TV channel ATV. If the priority established at the beginning of the operation by President Vladimir Putin was to guarantee the safety of the residents of Donbass, Peskov underlined, this goal has only been partially achieved.
“This task was only partially solved. We are still far from being able to complete it. There is shelling from multiple launchers, shelling of Donetsk and other localities, and we have to push the enemy back to a considerable distance. This is why the operation will continue», the Moscow spokesman firmly underlined, who recalled the results obtained: «important territories in the Donbass have been freed». For the Putin loyalist there is no doubt that Russian forces will eventually capture the disputed city of Bakhmut, which has been devastated for 9 months by what has become the longest battle of the conflict. The slowness of Russian progress, he insisted, is due to the fact that «we are not at war. Waging war is a completely different thing, and means the complete destruction of infrastructure and cities. We are not. We are trying to save infrastructure and human lives.”
