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2024-03-21 23:52:19 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: B91956B72063A58746EC9F0D7331721744E748212EFF120C4CC8F7A0055EBF65
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The term "special military operation" used by Russia is widely considered to be a euphemism created to minimise and obfuscate the true nature of the full-fledged war started by Russia in Ukraine. Russian authorities require reference to the war only as a special operation https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/3/2/do-not-call-ukraine-invasion-a-war-russia-tells-media-schools https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/02/28/russia-war-censorship-reaches-new-heights
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