The British Defense Minister considered on Wednesday that Moscow’s announcement on the partial mobilization in Russia and the holding of referendums on the annexation of Ukrainian territories constitutes an “admission of failure” of the invasion of Ukraine.
The fact that Russian President Vladimir Putin “broke his own promise not to mobilize part of his population and the illegal annexation of parts of Ukraine is an admission of the failure of his invasion” of Ukraine, said Ben Wallace, quoted by the newspaper British. The Guardian.
“The [Putin] and his defense minister [Serguei Shoigu] sent tens of thousands of its own ill-equipped and misguided citizens to their deaths,” he said.
“No amount of threats or propaganda can hide the fact that Ukraine is winning this war… and that Russia is becoming a global pariah,” the British minister added.
Russian President Vladimir Putin announced on Wednesday a “partial mobilization” of the country’s citizens, as the war in Ukraine approaches the seventh month of conflict, in a message addressed to the nation.
The measure, which is already in force, is justified by the need to defend the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the country, in the message broadcast on television.
Russia, which invaded Ukraine on February 24, is ready to use “all means” at its disposal to “protect itself”, said Putin, who has accused the West of trying to destroy the country.
The announcement of the “partial mobilization” of Russians of fighting age paves the way for an escalation of the conflict in Ukraine.
On the other hand, the authorities of the pro-Russian separatist territories of the Ukrainian region of Donbass have announced that they will hold referendums from September 23 to 27 to decide on their annexation by Russia.
The military offensive launched on February 24 by Russia in Ukraine has already caused the flight of more than 13 million people -more than six million internally displaced persons and more than 7.2 million to European countries-, according to the most recent data from the UN, which places this refugee crisis as the worst in Europe since the Second World War (1939-1945).
The Russian invasion – justified by Russian President Vladimir Putin, with the need to “denazify” and demilitarize Ukraine for Russia’s security – was condemned by the generality of the international community, which has responded by sending weapons to Ukraine and imposing them on Russia. political and economic sanctions.
The UN presented as confirmed since the beginning of the war 5,916 dead and 8,616 wounded civilians, underlining that these figures are far below the real ones.
Source: TSF
