Communist Party of the Russian Federation by V N Tetekin Many comrades are asking about the character of hostilities in Ukraine. The assessment prevalent so far has been imposed by the Western media. However, by now the nature of the Russian Armed Forces operation to liberate Ukraine from Nazism has become apparent. What prompted the start of the special operation? Beginning from December 2021 Russia had been receiving data on NATO’s plans to deploy troops and missile bases in Ukraine. Simultaneously an onslaught on the territory of Donbas was being prepared. About a week before the start of Russia’s special operation the plan was uncovered of an offensive that envisaged strikes by long-range artillery, multiple rocket launchers, aviation, to be followed by an invasion of Ukrainian troops and Nazi battalions. It was planned to cut off the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) and Lugansk People’s Republic (LPR) from the border with Russia, encircle and besiege Donetsk, Lugansk and other ci