Putin told why he attacked Ukraine

This was stated by Russian President Vladimir Putin at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum.

According to him, international institutions and security guarantees are allegedly breaking and failing today.

The West fundamentally refused to fulfill its earlier obligations. It was simply impossible to reach any new agreements with him. In the current situation, against the backdrop of growing risks and threats for us, Russia's decision to conduct a special military operation was forced, difficult, of course, but forced and necessary. This is the decision of a sovereign country that has an unconditional right, based, by the way, on the UN Charter, to defend its security,” Putin said.

He also noted that "all the tasks of the special operation will be solved thanks to the heroism" of the Russian military.

He also stated that " the decision of the special operation in the Donbass was forced and necessary, based on the right of the sovereign state of Russia to defend its security, the right to free development."

At the same time, the President of Kazakhstan Tokayev at the SPIEF in the presence of Putin refused to recognize the "LDNR" and called them quasi-state territories.

We do not recognize either Taiwan, or Kosovo, or South Ossetia, or Abkhazia. Apparently, this principle will also be applied to quasi-state territories, which, in our opinion, are Donetsk and Luhansk, Tokayev said.