Russia: why the war is finally being called a war

Up until now Russia has officially referred to its war of aggression in Ukraine as a “special military operation”. Anyone in Russia who spoke about a “war” in public faced punishment. Now, however, the Kremlin itself is increasingly using the term. “There is a war going on, this is a real war,” said Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, explaining this by pointing out that Kyiv was now being backed by “Berlin, Paris, The Hague, Oslo, and, unfortunately, Washington”.

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