The Russian president assures that he has no intention of declaring “martial law” in Russia because he does not see “reasons for it”
The president of Russia, Vladimir Putin, has defended this Saturday as “absolutely correct” his decision to completely invade Ukraine beyond the related areas of the Donbas region, in the east of the country.
The president has also assured that, at this point in the incursion “almost all of Ukraine’s military infrastructure has been destroyed and the elimination of air defense is almost complete,” according to statements collected by the TASS agency.
The Russian president has taken the opportunity to refute accusations that the Russian Army is using conscripts in the invasion — which Russia officially describes as a “special operation” –.
“Not a single conscript is involved in the operation of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in Ukraine,” he concluded.
Regarding the debate on the possible creation of a no-fly zone over Ukraine, as Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelensky has been insisting to NATO for days, Putin has assured that any other country that tries to close Ukrainian airspace will be declared by Moscow as “a participant in hostilities”.
Finally, Putin has assured that he has no intention of declaring “martial law” in Russia because he sees “no reason for it”. “Martial law is introduced in case of external aggression, in Russia there is no such situation now and, hopefully, there will be no such situation,” he said.