Declaration of war
jeudi 24 février 2022 à 23:51Putin announced his intention to seize the whole extent of Luhansk and Donetsk provinces -- far larger than the territory his proxies actually hold.
That would require real fighting. The announcement was a declaration of real war.
The province of Donbas includes the important city of Mariupol. Western experts speculated some weeks ago that Putin would try to capture it. Ukraine will surely resist that attack strenuously.