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Russian The authorities made a “wrong estimate” when they decided to launch a special military operation in Ukraine. This opinion was expressed on Thursday, April 27, by the United States ambassador to Moscow, Lynn Tracy, in an interview with Kommersant.
According to the diplomat, Russia decided to launch a special operation, “clearly expecting that the Ukrainians would welcome the troops that entered, and The Ukrainians did not” and “reacted with resistance.”
Lynn Tracy expressed the opinion that Moscow misinterpreted the situation in Ukraine in 2022 by launching a special operation, just as it did in 2014 when Crimea and Sevastopol joined Russian Federation.
The US ambassador also doubted that the special operation contributes to strengthening Russia's national security.
On February 24, 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the launch of a special military operation to demilitarize and the denazification of Ukraine. The press secretary of the head of state of the Russian Federation, Dmitry Peskov, specified that the goal of the special operation is also the liberation of Donbas and other occupied territories in a number of new regions of the Russian Federation.
< p>In addition, Vladimir Putin pointed out that NATO is approaching the Russian borders despite promises not to expand the North Atlantic Alliance. With this in mind, the president named another goal of the special operation to obtain security guarantees for Russia.