Putin says Russia's invasion of Ukraine will achieve 'noble' aims - BBC News

Russian President Vladimir Putin has said his invasion of Ukraine will achieve what he called its "noble" aims.

Speaking alongside Belarusian leader Aleksandr Lukashenko, from the Vostochny Cosmodrome, Mr Putin claimed that a clash with Ukraine had become "inevitable".

Mr Putin said he had been left with no choice but to launch the invasion in a bid to protect the Russian speaking Donbas region.

Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told Lithuania’s parliament that Russia was a threat to Europe as a whole, not just to Ukraine.

The BBC’s Anna Foster reports from Ukraine.

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[donaldmcronald]

I didn't know that slaughtering innocent civilians is noble. This man is clearly living within his own reality.

Edit: Oh boy, I didn't expect that much whataboutism!

[tentimetex]

Hundreds of innocent people and children murdered. Very noble.

[skymaster]

Yes, one of those “noble aims” has been to send the flagship of the black sea fleet to the bottom of the sea.

[NILS]

Putin stepped over the line, but Zelensky needs to understand that the EU was founded exactly to avoid another World War, not to repeat it. Yes the Ukraine is now a wartorn country, but this does not mean the rest of the continent has to follow suit, just because.

[FuryRock]

BS of the highest order…. How could contributing directly or indirectly to killing civilians serve a noble cause ?

[MiSt]

Women raped, children killed, mass murder commited, peoples' livelyhoods and houses destroyed, weeping mothers, dead people in ditches along the road.
Very noble indeed...

...if you are a psychopath

[alaminkhanalex]

Thanks for your information and advice

[ujhijuu]

The deranged mind of dictators always baffles me.

[GeorgesThoughts]

I always used to roll my eyes when Russia was the bad guy in movies as its so overused but maybe Russia is just that guy

[carguy]

Before anyone talks, hold your own leaders accountable of their doing first

[amalaa]

has UAE got any cantonment, any information

[yyperi]

Calling mass rape and genocide "noble aims" is classic Russia.

[hanavesela]

And I guess by "noble" he means that he wishes to declare himself as the Tsar of Planet Earth.

[Yakuuzy]

Since when mass rape and genocide is NOBLE?! What the seriously fu*k?!

[thanzaw]

I never heard that invasion will achieve noble aim. May be I am stupid 😂😂😂.

[GarryWilliams]

By aims you mean Sweden and Finland joining Nato and an increased military presence in Poland?

[spacelemur]

Putin's plans for Ukrainians is as noble as Cortez's plans for the Aztecs.

[peterjacobs]

Noble definition :
having or showing fine personal qualities or high moral principles.

"the promotion of human rights was a noble aspiration"

[dmitriyfolomeev]

While you were counting the tanks and military victories of Ukraine, the children in Volnovakha went to school under the Russian flag. And you only talk about the war here...

[mlna-mcsa]

Sweden and Norway will achieve the noble aim of joining Nato if Russia does not leave within a week.