Vladimir Putin remains convinced that the objectives of the “special operation” in Ukraine will be achieved. “There is no doubt about it,” he said on Tuesday during a tour of the Vostochny Cosmodrome, a space base in eastern Russia.
President Putin has also made it clear that he still stands by the decision to invade Ukraine. The operation served to keep Russia safe, he said. “We had no other choice. »
A conflict with “anti-Russian forces in Ukraine” is only a matter of time, he added. But many Western experts have cast doubt on that claim, accusing Putin of using the protection of the Russian population in Ukraine as a mere pretext for war.
He then praised Russian soldiers in Ukraine. “They show courage and act in a correct, professional and efficient manner,” he said.
Finally, the Russian president stressed that Western sanctions would not isolate Russia from the rest of the world. Moscow will continue to develop its technical and technological potential, including in space, he told cosmodrome staff.
Putin visited the Vostochny space base on Tuesday, accompanied by Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko.
