Kremlin Spokesman Declares Ukraine Conflict No Longer Special Military Operation But Full-Scale War

What was said

"They are sending weapons. They are supplying with ammunition the Kiev regime. They are supplying the Kiev regime with military advisers. They are supplying the Kiev regime with satellite surveillance results. So they actually give their satellites in a total disposal to the Kiev regime. They target the weapons, Ukrainian weapons with their satellites. They are using their artificial intelligence AI in order to facilitate the military activities of the Kiev regime. If that's not direct involvement, what is it? So having Russia on one side and having the Kiev regime plus a number of European countries and plus the United States that is supplying millions of tons of weapons to Ukraine. What is it? It is not a special military operation anymore. It is a war, a full-scale war."

Dmitry Peskov, Putin's spokesman, stated in an interview with Swiss journal Weltwoche that Western involvement in Ukraine has transformed the conflict from a special military operation into a full-scale war against Russia. He emphasized that Western nations are providing weapons, military advisers, satellite surveillance, and AI targeting assistance to Ukraine, constituting direct involvement. Peskov made nearly identical statements twice within days, signaling a likely policy shift from the Kremlin.