President Putin makes it clear that all responsibility for the ongoing bloodshed lies with the aggressive Nato camp and its Ukrainian stooges.

Every weapon the west supplies takes us a step further away from peace in a conflict that Ukraine simply cannot win.

Nato war crimes in Donbass don’t stop at DU; Donbass civilians are routinely targeted by cluster bombs and petal mines.

From now on, attacks or threats against these safeguarded territories will be dealt with as attacks against any other part of Russia.

‘The west is ready to cross every line to preserve the neocolonial system which allows it to plunder the world, thanks to its dollar and technology domination.’

The advance of Ukraine’s armed forces into territory from which Russian forces had already withdrawn, is not the ‘turning point’ western media are claiming.

Partial mobilisation of military signals Russia’s determination firmly to protect any newly-joined regions and their citizens.

With the full backing of western war and propaganda machines, Ukraine’s armed forces have perpetrated a string of atrocities – but the truth will out.

Meanwhile, the Russian targets of the present war front remain unbroken and unbowed – and headed for a decisive victory.