Jan 30, 2023
Firstly, I am not a troll.
Secondly, it is indeed a Special Military Operation. If Russia had wanted to "invade" Ukraine they would have done so with 1 million men, rather than the 80,000 they dispatched.
The purpose of the SMO was to scare Ukraine into negotiating, not to take over Ukraine itself. AND IT WORKED.
In March 2022, Russia and Ukraine had negotiated a peace deal and were ready to sign. Boris Johnson personally flew to Kiev to force Zelensky to NOT make peace.
This was widely reported in Ukrainian media at the time.
