Putin again lies that it was Kyiv and West that started the war, and the russian federation attacked Ukraine "to stop it"

Putin has again lied that it was Kyiv that started the war, and the russian federation attacked Ukraine "to stop it". He said this during his address to the Federal Assembly of the russian federation.

According to the russian dictator, "Donbas fought and did not give up under shelling and the undisguised hatred of the Kyiv regime, waited and believed that Russia would come to the rescue". "We tried to resolve the conflict by peaceful means, but a completely different scenario was being prepared behind our backs. The Minsk agreements turned into a forgery, the West was just playing for time and preparing for war. They played, as they say in well-known circles, with marked cards", - putin repeated the usual fakes.

The president of the aggressor country once again stated without any reason that Ukraine was planning "another punitive action against Donbas" for February 2022.