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by 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.