{"id":702016,"date":"2026-07-09T23:59:02","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T03:59:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/?p=702016"},"modified":"2026-07-09T23:59:02","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T03:59:02","slug":"kremlin-drops-term-special-operation-officially-calls-conflict-in-ukraine-a-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/?p=702016","title":{"rendered":"Kremlin drops term &#8220;Special Operation&#8221;, officially calls conflict in Ukraine a war"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.balkanweb.com\/en\/The-Kremlin-abandons-the-term-special-operation-and-officially-calls-the-conflict-in-Ukraine-a-war.\/#gsc.tab=0\">https:\/\/www.balkanweb.com\/en\/The-Kremlin-abandons-the-term-special-operation-and-officially-calls-the-conflict-in-Ukraine-a-war.\/#gsc.tab=0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/meduza.io\/en\/news\/2026\/07\/06\/kremlin-spokesman-says-special-military-operation-has-become-a-real-war-blames-western-countries\">https:\/\/meduza.io\/en\/news\/2026\/07\/06\/kremlin-spokesman-says-special-military-operation-has-become-a-real-war-blames-western-countries<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>AND<\/h3>\n<h4>Defining the \u201cSpecial Military Operation\u201d<\/h4>\n<p>From a Western lay perspective, the Russian\u2019s use of the term \u201cspecial military operation\u201d is simply a euphemism for \u201cwar\u201d <em><strong>But this is not the understanding of Kvachkov, Litvinenko, and likely most Russian military theorists<\/strong> <\/em>\u2013 indeed there is an important distinction in the Russian view, with implications for our understanding of Russia\u2019s activities, particularly in terms of the scale of Moscow\u2019s military (and wider state) deployment. For both Kyachkov and Litvinenko, a \u201cspecial military operation\u201d falls on the spectrum of <em><strong>military conflict below the level of \u201cwar\u201d<\/strong><\/em>. I<em><strong>nvoking the term, \u201cwar\u201d, not only raises the level of intensity of military involvement, but also the capabilities and the goals.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/defining-the-special-military-operation\/\">https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/defining-the-special-military-operation\/<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>AND<\/h3>\n<h4 class=\"crayon article-titre-28637 contenu_article\">Ukraine, \u201cwar\u201d versus \u201cspecial military operation\u201d: why words matter in international law<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fidh.org\/en\/region\/europe-central-asia\/ukraine\/ukraine-war-versus-military-operation\">https:\/\/www.fidh.org\/en\/region\/europe-central-asia\/ukraine\/ukraine-war-versus-military-operation<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>https:\/\/www.balkanweb.com\/en\/The-Kremlin-abandons-the-term-special-operation-and-officially-calls-the-conflict-in-Ukraine-a-war.\/#gsc.tab=0 https:\/\/meduza.io\/en\/news\/2026\/07\/06\/kremlin-spokesman-says-special-military-operation-has-become-a-real-war-blames-western-countries AND Defining the \u201cSpecial Military Operation\u201d From a Western lay perspective, the Russian\u2019s use of the term \u201cspecial military operation\u201d is simply a euphemism for \u201cwar\u201d But this is not the understanding of Kvachkov, Litvinenko, and likely most &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/?p=702016\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2948,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-702016","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/702016","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2948"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=702016"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/702016\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":702017,"href":"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/702016\/revisions\/702017"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=702016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=702016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=702016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}