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Putin says Russia should have launched Ukraine offensive earlier

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2024-12-19 | 08:38

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Putin says Russia should have launched Ukraine offensive earlier

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that Moscow should have launched its full-scale offensive on Ukraine earlier, suggesting the country was not well-prepared enough for a military campaign that has lasted almost three years.

Referring to his decision to order troops into Ukraine in February 2022, he said: "If it was possible to look at the situation knowing what is happening now, I would think that such a decision that was taken, should have been taken earlier."

Speaking at his annual end-of-year press conference, he added: "We started the events of 2022 without any preparation... If we knew earlier what would happen, there should have been a systemic preparation."

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