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Dmitry Peskov

Inserted 1 year ago

“The military operation continues and it will continue until the goals that were originally set are achieved. Of course any actions of the military that they perform as part of the special operation are reported to the Supreme Commander.”

Aljazeera

Kremlin spokesman

12 Sep 2022 2 2

Leonid Ragozin

Inserted 1 year ago

“If the war ends with Russia occupying all of Luhansk and Donetsk plus retaining control of the land corridor to Crimea, it will be more than enough for Putin to declare a spotless victory. But to cement his victory, the Russian leader will need to convince Ukraine to agree to a truce under such conditions, and that's a totally different story. Ukraine and its Western allies are hoping that under pressure from crippling sanctions Russia will eventually exhaust its military and economic potential and lose the battle.”

Aljazeera

Freelance journalist based in Riga

24 May 2022 8 2

Margarita Konaev

Inserted 1 year ago

“He [Vladimir Putin] will insist that the US and NATO are willing to risk continued violence and economic downturn around the world just to humiliate Russia and limit its power in the international order. Since it is May 9, they will evoke the Great Patriotic War and portray this moment as another when the Russian people must be steadfast and heroic while under attack. Putin's proven himself quite capable of twisting truths and reorganising the narrative in a way that might seem logically unsound but resonates nonetheless. It's not his first rodeo or Russia's with propaganda.”

Aljazeera

Research fellow at Georgetown’s Center for Security and Emerging Technology

06 May 2022 6 3

Michael Carpenter

Inserted 1 year ago

“According to the most recent reports, we believe that Russia will try to annex the 'Donetsk People's Republic' and 'Luhansk People's Republic' to Russia. The international community, including the OSCE, where I work as ambassador, has been very clear that such sham referenda … will not be considered legitimate nor will any attempts to annex additional Ukrainian territory.”

Aljazeera

United States ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe

02 May 2022 4 2

Ukraine’s Defence Ministry

Inserted 1 year ago

“Russia had acknowledged that the goal of the 'second phase' of the war is not victory over the mythical Nazis, but simply the occupation of eastern and southern Ukraine. Imperialism as it is.”

Aljazeera

Tweet of the Ukraine’s Defence Ministry

22 Apr 2022 3 4

Rustam Minnekaev

Inserted 1 year ago

“Control over the south of Ukraine is another way to Transnistria, where there is also evidence that the Russian-speaking population is being oppressed.”

Aljazeera

Deputy commander of Russia’s central military district

22 Apr 2022 5 1

Sergey Bizyukin

Inserted 2 years ago

“They began with announcements about taking Kyiv in three days, and now they are explaining that it is impossible to take Donbas within several months. Everything he's [Putin] been trying to build in more than 20 years is falling apart like a house of cards.”

Aljazeera

Russian activist and historian who fled Russia in 2019

19 Apr 2022 3 2

Jens Stoltenberg

Inserted 2 years ago

“According to our intelligence, Russian units are not withdrawing but repositioning. Russia is trying to regroup, resupply and reinforce its offensive in the Donbas region. At the same time, Russia maintains pressure on Kyiv and other cities. So we can expect additional offensive actions, bringing even more suffering.”

Reuters

Secretary General of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

31 Mar 2022 4 2

Alexander Fomin

Inserted 2 years ago

“In order to increase mutual trust and create the necessary conditions for further negotiations and achieving the ultimate goal of agreeing and signing (an) agreement, a decision was made to radically, by a large margin, reduce military activity in the Kyiv and Chernihiv directions.”

Reuters

Russian Deputy Defence Minister

29 Mar 2022 5 3

Kyrylo Budanov

Inserted 2 years ago

“In fact, it is an attempt to create North and South Korea in Ukraine. Ukraine's army would push back Russian forces. In addition, the season of a total Ukrainian guerrilla safari will soon begin. Then there will be one relevant scenario left for the Russians, how to survive.”

Reuters

Head of Ukraine's military intelligence service

27 Mar 2022 4 3

Loren Thompson

Inserted 2 years ago

“Moscow may be looking for a way out of its Ukraine quagmire. Focusing its military goals on control of the Donbas could be a way of scaling back without admitting defeat.”

Aljazeera

Defence analyst at the Lexington Institute, a Washington think-tank

26 Mar 2022 3 3

Stephen Biddle

Inserted 2 years ago

“It's plausible that they're basically trying to ratchet their perceived war aims down to something they've already accomplished [the existing hold on parts of the Donbas]. It's also possible the Russians decided they began the war with the wrong approach, with combat forces spread too thinly across too many parts of the country. In that case, they might now try to regroup with a central focus on the Donbas, and make that the new starting point for an offensive they could later broaden.”

Aljazeera

Professor of international and public affairs at Columbia University, who has studied US wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere

26 Mar 2022 5 4

Omar Ashour

Inserted 2 years ago

“I think it's another way to say regime change in Kyiv has failed. The attempt to encircle and storm Kyiv has failed, and the effort is now focused on the east. Russia originally had a three-pronged military strategy: to encircle and then seize the capital, to capture Ukraine's south, and take the key city of Mariupol. I'm not sure how successful that will be.”

Aljazeera

Chair of critical conflict studies at the Doha Institute

26 Mar 2022 5 3

Sergei Rudskoi

Inserted 2 years ago

“The main objectives of the first stage of the operation have generally been accomplished. The combat potential of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has been considerably reduced, which … makes it possible to focus our core efforts on achieving the main goal, the liberation of Donbas.”

Aljazeera

Head of the Russian General Staff's Main Operational Directorate

25 Mar 2022 3 4

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Russia invasion of Ukraine - Russia's intentions

“The military operation continues and it will continue until the goals that were originally set are achieved. Of course any actions of the military that they perform as part of the special operation are reported to the Supreme Commander.”

“Russia had acknowledged that the goal of the 'second phase' of the war is not victory over the mythical Nazis, but simply the occupation of eastern and southern Ukraine. Imperialism as it is.”

“Control over the south of Ukraine is another way to Transnistria, where there is also evidence that the Russian-speaking population is being oppressed.”

“They began with announcements about taking Kyiv in three days, and now they are explaining that it is impossible to take Donbas within several months. Everything he's [Putin] been trying to build in more than 20 years is falling apart like a house of cards.”

“In order to increase mutual trust and create the necessary conditions for further negotiations and achieving the ultimate goal of agreeing and signing (an) agreement, a decision was made to radically, by a large margin, reduce military activity in the Kyiv and Chernihiv directions.”

“In fact, it is an attempt to create North and South Korea in Ukraine. Ukraine's army would push back Russian forces. In addition, the season of a total Ukrainian guerrilla safari will soon begin. Then there will be one relevant scenario left for the Russians, how to survive.”

“Moscow may be looking for a way out of its Ukraine quagmire. Focusing its military goals on control of the Donbas could be a way of scaling back without admitting defeat.”

“The main objectives of the first stage of the operation have generally been accomplished. The combat potential of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has been considerably reduced, which … makes it possible to focus our core efforts on achieving the main goal, the liberation of Donbas.”

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