The building of the State Duma of the Russian Federation. Archival photoMOSCOW, May 5. The information that martial law may be introduced in Russia does not correspond to reality, the scripts of these reports were written «overseas», while the RF Armed Forces continue to conduct a special operation on Ukraine, Andrey Krasov, the first deputy head of the State Duma Committee on Defense, told RIA Novosti. Earlier on Wednesday, the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov called reports that mobilization could be announced in Russia on May 9 as nonsense and falsehood.
The Kremlin called the rumors about declaring mobilization on May 9 as nonsense «(There are no grounds for introducing martial law in the Russian Federation). The Russian armed forces are conducting a special military operation, it is proceeding in accordance with plans. Now they have begun the second stage of the special operation,» the parliamentarian emphasized. added that the emerging information about the introduction of martial law in the country is not true, and reports about this are a provocation. «It seems to me that this is complete nonsense, some kind of provocation of dark forces that use every opportunity to denigrate the Russian Federation, sow discord,» — he noted. According to Krasov, the «scripts» of these messages are «written across the ocean» — «the actors change over time, but the goal remains the same: to demonize and denigrate Russia.»
China warned the United States about the consequences of the strategy of «weakening Russia»Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» bloody crimes against civilians» of Donbass. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops and, on March 25, they completed the main tasks of the first stage — they significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass.
