Citations:special military operation

English citations of special military operation

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• 2022 February 24, Vladimir Putin, quotee, “‘No other option’: Excerpts of Putin’s speech declaring war”, in Al Jazeera‎^[1], archived from the original on 01 March 2022:

  “In this regard, in accordance with Article 51 of Part 7 of the UN Charter, with the approval of the Federation Council of Russia and in pursuance of the treaties of friendship and mutual assistance ratified by the Duma on February 22 with the Donetsk People’s Republic and the Luhansk People’s Republic, I decided to launch a special military operation.

• 2022 March 8, Neil MacFarquhar, “Two Days of Russian News Coverage: An Alternate Reality of War”, in The New York Times‎^[2], →ISSN:

  To spend several days watching news broadcasts on the main state channels, as well as surveying state-controlled newspapers, is to witness the extent of the Kremlin’s efforts to sanitize its war with the Orwellian term “special military operation” — and to make all news coverage align with that message.

• 2022 March 25, Andrew Latham, “Three reasons why the China-Russia alliance is deepening”, in The Hill‎^[3], archived from the original on 25 March 2022‎^[4]:

  By undermining the effectiveness of the sanctions regime being imposed on Russia, China clearly hopes to weaken the compliance mechanism that keeps that order working and under American control. Beijing probably also has an eye on blunting the effectiveness of this particular mechanism so that it can’t be effectively deployed against China in the event that Beijing feels compelled to conduct its own “special military operation” against Taiwan.

• 2022 June 17, Jack Buckby, “A Chinese Invasion of Taiwan Could Unleash an Economic Disaster”, in RealClearDefense‎^[5], archived from the original on 17 June 2022‎^[6]:

  China could be planning its own Russia-style “special military operation” in Taiwan, an island that the Chinese Communist Party insists is Chinese territory, according to reports from China.

• 2022 August 2, Suetham, “Fourth Taiwan Strait Crisis”, in SinoDefenceForum‎^[7], archived from the original on 08 September 2022‎^[8]:

  China's "special military operation" will not take place now. Before that happens, China would have to carry out at least one major military maneuver with live fire in exercises that could end up taking place tomorrow according to a few posts ago highlighting the tuning between 2022 and 1995/1996.

• 2022 August 3, Eric Edelman, quotee, “Former diplomat, defense official Eric Edelman on battlefield lessons for Ukraine, Taiwan — "Intelligence Matters"”, in CBS News‎^[9], archived from the original on 08 September 2022‎^[10]:

  A blockade is an act of war, even though Putin has said this is a special military operation, not a war.

• 2022 August 24, “Russia’s War on Ukraine: Six Months of Lies, Implemented”, in United States Department of State‎^[11], archived from the original on 24 August 2022‎^[12]:

  Medvedev cited these supposed “Western analysts” in order to propagate Russia’s colonial fantasy: envisioning Ukraine’s territory reduced to just the Kyiv region, while the remainder of Ukraine would be divided among Russia, Poland, Romania, and Hungary. Such a narrative recalls Putin’s February 2022 speech questioning Ukraine’s statehood and accompanies intensifying Russian calls to expand its “special military operation” to realize its imperial map.

• 2022 September 5, “China expresses understanding of reasons behind Russia’s special military operation — aide”, in TASS‎^[13], archived from the original on 05 September 2022‎^[14]:

  Beijing expresses understanding of reasons that made Russia begin the special military operation for protection of Lugansk and Donetsk People’s Republics, Russian Presidential Aide Yuri Ushakov told reporters Monday.

• 2022 September 7, Philip Whiteside, “Vladimir Putin claims Russia hasn't 'lost anything' in Ukraine war and didn't 'start military operations'”, in Sky News‎^[15], archived from the original on 07 September 2022‎^[16]:

  The Russian president said that the Kremlin's special military operation, as he describes it, was designed to strengthen his country's sovereignty and was aimed at "helping people" living in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine.

• 2022 September 7, John Feng, “Ambassador Hints at China's Own Special Military Operation for Taiwan”, in Newsweek‎^[17], archived from the original on 07 September 2022:

  The ambassador's interview, which aired on September 6, suggested the Chinese government would frame a hypothetical attack on Taiwan in a different way, similar to Russia's use of "special military operation" to portray its invasion of Ukraine. Beijing, incidentally, also objects to the word "invasion" to describe the ongoing conflict, and rarely uses the term "war."

• 2022 September 7, Jun Osawa, “Hybrid warfare in a Taiwan contingency”, in Sasakawa Peace Foundation‎^[18], archived from the original on 08 September 2022‎^[19]:

  If the United Work Front Department’s operations against Taiwan are unsuccessful and a peaceful unification appears out of reach, Beijing will become more likely to decide upon a “special military operation” to unify Taiwan using military force. One can easily imagine a hybrid war in Taiwan, similar to that taking place in Ukraine, as a contingency nears.