Yurii Gagarin, the so-called “colonel” of militants in the occupied part of Donetsk region, said that Russia was allegedly forced to attack Ukraine. He said that if this had not been done on February 24, 2022, then already on February 25, Russian cities “would have been bombed like Mariupol.” He accused Ukraine of preparing to detonate a “surrogate bomb” over Rostov.
The terrorist shifted the blame for the war to NATO. He claims that the North Atlantic Alliance is allegedly settling scores with the Russian Federation, using Ukrainians and the territory of Ukraine for this.
The video appeared on Telegram on October 18, 2022.
