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by ncruces 4 days ago
If you take that approach, Ukraine is still a special operation.
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Macha 4 days ago
Of course, which is why I called the whole lot wars until someone started HN nitpicking one of them
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dosisking 4 days ago
Russia has officially declared they are at war with Ukraine
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MegaDeKay 4 days ago
Russia has not formally declared they are at war. Some like Peskov have stated that they are in a state of war but that's different. In fact it is illegal in Russia to refer to it as a war. This law was introduced in 2022 and has not been repealed.

https://www.npr.org/2022/03/05/1084729579/russian-law-bans-j...

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fer 4 days ago
To add on that, the propaganda spinned it as:

1. Not a war

2. A defensive/protective operation.

The reason being the article 353 of Russian Criminal Code, under which planning or waging a war of aggression carries a prison sentence.

https://crimeofaggression.info/selected-documents/

Not that the law matters in Russia, but defence in depth I guess.

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