‘Sanctions Introduced On Russia Are A Declaration Of War’ – Putin Tells US, Others

The President of Russia, Vladimir Putin, has informed the United States and other countries that their sanctions is equivalent to a declaration of war.

United States and other western countries like the United Kingdom had declared various sanctions on Russia following the invasion of Ukraine on February 24.

Speaking to a group of flight attendants at an Aeroflot training centre near Moscow, on Saturday, Putin said: “These sanctions that are being imposed are akin to a declaration of war but thank God it has not come to that.

“We could have taken a different course of action.

“We could have helped the republics of Donbas at the contact line and reinforced them with the Russian army, but in this case, and I mean with the unwavering support from the west, we would have radicals on the other side coming endlessly… with support from the west.

“Our General Staff, the Ministry of Defense, went the other way; the first thing they did was to destroy the entire military infrastructure [of Ukraine], well, not all of it, but partially, mostly. Warehouses with weapons, ammunition, aviation, air defense systems.”