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Kremlin Firmly Denies Reports on Plans to Declare Mobilization, War on Ukraine on May 9

© Sputnik / Vitaly Belousov / Go to the mediabankServicemen on Tverskaya Street before the night rehearsal of the military parade marking the 77th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War.
Servicemen on Tverskaya Street before the night rehearsal of the military parade marking the 77th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War. - Sputnik International, 1920, 04.05.2022
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Reports by Western media about Moscow allegedly planning to declare mobilization and war on Ukraine on May 9, the day Russia celebrates its victory in World War II, are complete "nonsense," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Wednesday.
During a briefing, Peskov was asked whether reports in Western media about Moscow declaring a mobilization on May 9 are true.
"No, do not believe them. It is not true, it is nonsense," the spokesman said, adding that Russian President Vladimir Putin will not declare war on May 9.
On Wednesday, CNN, citing Western experts and politicians, reported that Vladimir Putin may declare war on Ukraine on Victory Day, May 9, which would allow for a general mobilization of the population. A declaration of war on Victory Day could bolster popular support for the ongoing special military operation in Ukraine, CNN claimed.
The same assumption was previously made by British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace.
Moscow launched a special military operation in Ukraine on February 24 after the breakaway Donetsk and Lugansk people's republics appealed for help in fending off Ukrainian provocations. Western countries have since been pressuring Russia with sanctions and waging information warfare against Moscow.
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