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1/ A quick translation of points made today by Vladimir Putin:
(On the possibility of a new mobilisation):
- Some public figures say we need to mobilise about a million more, but it depends on what we want. There is no need for additional mobilisation today.
(On the possibility of a new mobilisation):
- Some public figures say we need to mobilise about a million more, but it depends on what we want. There is no need for additional mobilisation today.
2/ - There are no plans to send conscripts to the special military operation zone, there is no such need. As for the return home of those mobilised, the law does not provide for specific deadlines. It will have to be based on the development of the situation.
3/ - The Ukrainian counter-offensive is large-scale and uses trained reserves. It has been going on since 4 June and is continuing right now.
4/ - Ukrainian losses amount to 25-30 per cent of the equipment delivered. During the offensive, the AFU lost more than 160 tanks and more than 360 armoured vehicles of various types. This is just what we are seeing.
5/ - We are certainly not interested in the destruction of the Kakhovska hydroelectric plant. Because it would have grave consequences for the territories we control. I will say a strange thing: unfortunately, it thwarted their counter-offensive.
6/ It would have been better for them to attack there.
- I'm not going to say things I'm not 100% sure about. We did not record any big explosions before the destruction of Kakhovska HPP. But they were purposefully hitting it with Himars. Maybe they had something planted there.
- I'm not going to say things I'm not 100% sure about. We did not record any big explosions before the destruction of Kakhovska HPP. But they were purposefully hitting it with Himars. Maybe they had something planted there.
8/ - If the attacks from Ukraine on the territory of Russia continue, we have to consider creating a "sanitary zone" on the territory of Ukraine [i.e. in the Kharkiv and Sumy regions]. At a distance from which it would be impossible to reach our territory.
9/ - There is no need to introduce martial law in Russia. But it is necessary to work more thoroughly on some issues. The border will be reinforced. It is also necessary to expand activities of the intelligence services.
10/ - We used to think that we were our own, bourgeois, and we wanted to be in the family of civilised nations. And I gave up my fishing rod to NATO. They didn't even consider us.
11/ - This is not the first coup d'état (in Ukraine). Yushchenko came to power through a legitimate coup? They came up with a third round of voting. What the fuck is a third round? It is not provided for in the Constitution. It is a coup d'état.
12/ - We understand that the events of the 1990s, the 2000s are connected with a difficult historical legacy – in the Caucasus, for example. Who were we at war with? To a large extent – with Al-Qaeda. And what did our so-called partners do?
13/ They supported [al-Qaeda] materially, politically, informationally, even militarily. They don't care that it is al-Qaeda. They just want to destabilise us.
- The goals of the Special Military Operation change according to the situation, but they remain broadly the same. /end
- The goals of the Special Military Operation change according to the situation, but they remain broadly the same. /end
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