Kremlin comes up with another absurd excuse for war
Photo: Russian President Vladimir Putin (Getty Images)
"Right now, this has been somewhat forgotten, so it is high time to remind everyone: documents found by our military at the very beginning of the special military operation in an abandoned headquarters of one of the Ukrainian Territorial Defense brigades identified March 8, 2022, as the specific date planned for an invasion of Russia," Russian leader Vladimir Putin’s aide Anton Kobyakov said.
According to him, Russia’s invasion on February 24, 2022, came two weeks before a planned Ukrainian offensive into Russian territory.
"Symbolically, they wanted to present us with a war as a 'gift' for International Women’s Day. Instead, thanks to the foresight of the Russian leadership, they received a black mark on what had previously been our shared military holiday," he said.
The Russian leader’s aide also repeated the Kremlin’s propaganda claim that the West merely "pretended to support the Minsk agreements" while actually preparing Ukraine for war.
Earlier, the Russian Embassy in London threatened the UK with consequences following reports that Ukraine had used British-made drones to strike targets inside Russia.
London later said it would continue supplying Kyiv with the weapons and equipment it needs to defend itself against Russian aggression and had no plans to scale back its military support for Ukraine.
