Putin to address the elites of his country on the war in Ukraine

President Vladimir Putin will update Russia’s elite on the war in Ukraine, nearly one year to the day since ordering what he calls a “special military operation” against Ukraine.
Putin will address members of both houses of parliament, military commanders and soldiers in central Moscow on Tuesday.
Putin insists Russia is locked in an existential battle with an arrogant West which he says wants to carve up Russia and steal its vast natural resources.
The West and Ukraine reject that narrative, and say NATO expansion eastwards is no justification for what they say is an imperial-style land grab doomed to failure.
2023-02-21 08:37:49