Russia Admits It's 'In State of War' Two Years into Ukraine Invasion

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The Kremlin's spokesman may have breached Russia's own censorship laws that have seen citizens jailed for using the word 'war' to refer to the Ukraine conflict.

Russia is in 'a state of war' in Ukraine, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said for the first time, more than two years after the conflict began.'We are in a state of war. Yes, it started as a special military operation, but as soon as this bunch was formed there, when the collective West became a participant on Ukraine's side, for us it already became a war,' Peskov said in an interview with newspaper Argumenty i Fakty , published on Friday.'I am convinced of that.

Russia's parliament passed legislation in March 2022 imposing jail terms of up to 15 years for intentionally spreading 'fake' news about Russia's army. The Kremlin has used the law to crack down on those who veer away from Putin's narrative of the war, including describing the conflict as a 'special military operation.

 

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