Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov says the "special military operation" in Ukraine has become a "real war" due to Western intervention on Kyiv's behalf. Moscow has said roughly this for years already, but this might be the bluntest such remark from an official so senior. https://www.vesti.ru/ns/peskov-zayavil-chto-nastoyashchaya-vojna-uzhe-idet-tak-kak-za-ukrainoj-stoit-zapad
![A war is underway — this is a real war. Do you know why it's a war? Because it all started as a special military operation. It continues as a war because behind Kyiv stand Berlin, Paris, The Hague, Oslo, and, unfortunately, Washington. Because they help [Kyiv] take aim through their satellites, they help guide foreign weapons onto our targets through their entire infrastructure. Under these conditions, we have to be clear-eyed: the Kyiv regime is capable of anything.](https://plam-staging-01.sdu.li/media/116868711853942268.jpg)
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