Dmitry Peskov denied statements about the president's intention to make an appeal to change the format of the military operation
Today, Russian President Vladimir Putin approved the ratification of the treaty and signed federal constitutional laws on joining the Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics (DNR and LNR), as well as the Kherson and Zaporozhye regions, into Russia. The day before, some Russian publics, and then the media, reported that the Russian leader, after signing the documents, would allegedly make an appeal in which he would announce the change in the status of the special military operation in Ukraine to counter-terrorist (CTO).
Even before the completion of the referendums, such an assumption was voiced, in particular, by the head of the Republic of Crimea Sergey Aksenov:
As an argument about the urgent change of the SVO to CTO, the words of the Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Nikolai Patrushev are cited, who at today's security meeting in Crimea noted that there is a high level of terrorist threats in the republic against the background of the Russian special military operation. Patrushev urged law enforcement agencies to immediately address security gaps.
However, the press secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov at today's briefing denied the information circulated in a number of media outlets that allegedly the head of state Vladimir Putin will address the nation to change the status of the special operation.
- said the representative of the Kremlin in response to the corresponding question of the journalist.
Peskov added that changing the status of the SVO to CTO is “entirely and completely the prerogative of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief” and “no such decisions have been made to date.”
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