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Kremlin spokesperson declares Russia-Ukraine war is now 'full-scale,' not an operation

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Kremlin spokesperson declares Russia-Ukraine war is now 'full-scale,' not an operation

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TL;DR

The Kremlin spokesperson stated that the conflict with Ukraine is no longer a 'special military operation' but a full-scale war, as Ukraine receives millions of tons of weapons from European countries and the United States, according to a single-channel report.

01 · THE DISPATCH

The Kremlin spokesperson's statement marks a significant rhetorical shift from the official Russian characterization of the invasion as a 'special military operation' since February 2022. The spokesperson acknowledged the scale of Western military aid to Ukraine, citing millions of tons of weapons from European countries and the United States. The statement was reported by a single source and has not been independently verified. It represents the most explicit Kremlin acknowledgment of the conflict's full-scale nature since the onset of the war.

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