WASHINGTON: The United States (US) on Friday called on Russian President Vladimir Putin to accept reality and pull out the Russian Army from Ukraine after Putin finally called the Russia-Ukraine conflict a “war.”
Rhetoric for the Ukraine invasion
Since Russian President Putin ordered the invasion of Ukraine in February, Russia has officially announced a “special military operation” and enforced a law bonding to criminalize misquoting terminology.
Vladimir Putin’s rhetoric on Ukraine
During a press conference on Thursday, Russian President Vladimir Putin used the word “war” to speak on the Ukraine invasion. He said he anticipated the war’s end as soon as possible.
US State Department on Russian rhetoric
A spokesperson of the US State Department said on the development that since the start of the invasion of Ukraine by Russia, the US and global community knew that Vladimir Putin’s ‘special military operation’ terminology was an unjustified and unprovoked war and aggression against Ukraine.
Finally, after 300 days, President Putin called its ‘special military operation’ as war as it is actually. For taking the next step in acknowledging reality, we urge Russia to end this war by withdrawing its military from Ukraine, US State Department added.
