to protect the people who have been subjected to genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years. On the night of February 24, 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the start of a war against Ukraine, calling it a special military operation in Donbas with the aim of "to protect people who have been subjected to genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years." Putin's claims of genocide have previously been denied by both the European Union and the UN. #Россия #Украина #война (translated)

