Putin: It is impossible to give up our conquests in Ukraine.
The Russian president said on Tuesday night that under no circumstances will he give up the victories achieved in Ukraine.
“Vladimir Putin”, the President of Russia, said on Tuesday night that Russia can’t give up the achievements of special military operations in Ukraine.
According to “Interfax” news agency, Putin said in a meeting with the heads of Russian municipalities, “There is an attempt to force us to give up the victories we have gained in the last two years, but this is impossible.” “Everyone, both the ruling circles in Ukraine and the Western elites, know that this is not possible.”
On February 24, 2022 after recognizing the independence of the two republics of “Luhansk” and “Donetsk” from Ukraine, Russia sent troops to this region and announced the beginning of “special military operations in Ukraine”. Russia has announced its goal of this action to de-Nazify Ukraine, disarm this country, resolve its security concerns, and respond to Luhansk and Donetsk’s request for help, and has said that it has no intention of seizing Ukrainian lands.
According to this report, 35,000 Russian National Guard troops have been stationed in the territories annexed to Russia during the war with Ukraine and are protecting these areas strictly.
The Russian National Guard directly reports to Vladimir Putin and is now the second largest element of the country’s forces in the annexed regions of Ukraine after the Russian Armed Forces.
The main task of these forces is to identify Ukrainian partisans. They constantly patrol the controlled areas with fully equipped armored vehicles. These forces are equipped with tanks, armored vehicles, helicopters, and artillery.
Russian National Guard troops were also involved in protecting polling stations in the annexed territories during the September 2022 and 2023 referendums.