The official representative of the Russian Defense Ministry, Major General Igor Konashenkov, noted that "de facto, this is an attempt to justify Wallace to the voters of the Conservative Party of Great Britain for the catastrophic failures of the Ukrainian security forces"
MOSCOW, February 25. /tass/. Statements by British Defense Minister Ben Wallace about the effectiveness of the Russian Armed Forces conducting a special military operation in Ukraine are an attempt to justify the failure in the preparation of the Armed Forces, the official representative of the Russian Defense Ministry, Major General Igor Konashenkov, told reporters.
"De facto, this is an attempt to justify Wallace to the voters of the Conservative Party of Great Britain for the catastrophic failures of the Ukrainian security forces and the hundreds of millions of pounds of taxpayers' money spent by London on training the Armed Forces "according to NATO standards" and equipping them with British weapons," Konashenkov said.
On February 21, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced Russia's recognition of the sovereignty of the Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics. Agreements on friendship, cooperation and mutual assistance were signed with their leaders.
On Thursday, Putin said that in response to the appeal of the leaders of the republics of Donbass, he decided to conduct a special military operation. He stressed that Moscow's plans do not include the occupation of Ukrainian territories. As previously stated in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, the Russian military does not strike at cities, but only disables military infrastructure, so nothing threatens the civilian population.
