special military operation en · NOUN
Etymology
2022, Calque of Russian специа́льная вое́нная опера́ция (speciálʹnaja vojénnaja operácija), a phrase used by Vladimir Putin upon launching an attack on Ukraine on 24 February 2022, when he said he had "decided to launch a special military operation."
Meanings
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(euphemistic, idiomatic, neologism) A military campaign resembling a war; especially the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.
China's "special military operation" will not take place now. Before that happens, China would have to carry out at least one major military maneuver with live fire in exercises that could end up taking place tomorrow according to a few posts ago highlighting the tuning between 2022 and 1995/1996.
2022 August 2, Suetham, “Fourth Taiwan Strait Crisis”, in SinoDefenceForum, archived from the original on 08 Sep 2022:Beijing expresses understanding of reasons that made Russia begin the special military operation for protection of Lugansk and Donetsk People’s Republics, Russian Presidential Aide Yuri Ushakov told reporters Monday.
2022 September 5, “China expresses understanding of reasons behind Russia’s special military operation — aide”, in TASS, archived from the original on 05 Sep 2022:China could be planning its own Russia-style “special military operation” in Taiwan, an island that the Chinese Communist Party insists is Chinese territory, according to reports from China.
2022 June 17, Jack Buckby, “A Chinese Invasion of Taiwan Could Unleash an Economic Disaster”, in RealClearDefense, archived from the original on 17 Jun 2022:When asked if Beijing considers a special military operation against Taiwan possible, Liu Xiaoming said that the Chinese government reserves the right to take all necessary measures to ensure the territorial integrity and sovereignty of the country.
2023 April 27, “CHINESE SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE LIU XIAOMING GAVE AN INTERVIEW TO TASS”, in Center for International Security and Strategy Tsinghua University, archived from the original on 06 May 2023:By undermining the effectiveness of the sanctions regime being imposed on Russia, China clearly hopes to weaken the compliance mechanism that keeps that order working and under American control. Beijing probably also has an eye on blunting the effectiveness of this particular mechanism so that it can’t be effectively deployed against China in the event that Beijing feels compelled to conduct its own “special military operation” against Taiwan.
2022 March 25, Andrew Latham, “Three reasons why the China-Russia alliance is deepening”, in The Hill, archived from the original on 25 Mar 2022:Medvedev cited these supposed “Western analysts” in order to propagate Russia’s colonial fantasy: envisioning Ukraine’s territory reduced to just the Kyiv region, while the remainder of Ukraine would be divided among Russia, Poland, Romania, and Hungary. Such a narrative recalls Putin’s February 2022 speech questioning Ukraine’s statehood and accompanies intensifying Russian calls to expand its “special military operation” to realize its imperial map.
2022 August 24, “Russia’s War on Ukraine: Six Months of Lies, Implemented”, in United States Department of State, archived from the original on 24 Aug 2022:Repeated clashes between the two warring parties would threaten more Chinese people and the China-Myanmar Economic Corridor if they expand, with displaced people fleeing toward the Chinese frontier. If that happens, Beijing could be forced to conduct its own “special military operation” in Myanmar’s territory to reestablish the buffer.
2024 January 10, Emanuele Scimia, “How multiple global challenges may limit Beijing’s options on Taiwan”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 Jan 2024, Opinion:
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Translations (69)
es operación militar especial (a military campaign resembling a war; especially the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine) · uz maxsus harbiy operatsiya (a military campaign resembling a war; especially the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine) · et spetsiaalne sõjaline operatsioon (a military campaign resembling a war; especially the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine) · hu különleges katonai művelet (a military campaign resembling a war; especially the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine) · vi chiến dịch quân sự đặc biệt (a military campaign resembling a war; especially the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine) · ro operațiune militară specială (a military campaign resembling a war; especially the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine) · vi hành động quân sự đặc biệt (a military campaign resembling a war; especially the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine) · sq operacion special ushtarak (a military campaign resembling a war; especially the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine) · tg амалиёти махсуси низомӣ (a military campaign resembling a war; especially the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine) · tr özel askerî operasyon (a military campaign resembling a war; especially the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine) · be спецыя́льная вайско́вая апера́цыя (a military campaign resembling a war; especially the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine) · sk špeciálna vojenská operácia (a military campaign resembling a war; especially the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine) · th ปฏิบัติการพิเศษทางทหาร (a military campaign resembling a war; especially the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine) · cs speciální vojenská operace (a military campaign resembling a war; especially the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine) · ar عَمَلِيَّةٌ عَسْكَرِيَّةٌ خَاصَّةٌ (a military campaign resembling a war; especially the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine) · fa-ira عَمَلِیَّاتِ ویژِهٔ نِظامی (a military campaign resembling a war; especially the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine) · sh specijalna vojna operacija (a military campaign resembling a war; especially the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine) · ru СВО (a military campaign resembling a war; especially the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine) · ko 특수군사작전 (a military campaign resembling a war; especially the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine) · hi विशिष्ट सैन्य अभियान (a military campaign resembling a war; especially the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine) · sl posebna vojaška operacija (a military campaign resembling a war; especially the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine) · uk спецопера́ція (a military campaign resembling a war; especially the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine) · el ειδική στρατιωτική επιχείρηση (a military campaign resembling a war; especially the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine) · bn বিশেষ সামরিক অভিযান (a military campaign resembling a war; especially the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine) · mk специјална воена операција (a military campaign resembling a war; especially the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine) · pl specjalna operacja wojskowa (a military campaign resembling a war; especially the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine) · be СВО (a military campaign resembling a war; especially the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine) · cv ятарлӑ ҫар операцийӗ (a military campaign resembling a war; especially the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine) · nl speciale militaire operatie (a military campaign resembling a war; especially the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine) · xal шишлң цергә керг-үүлдвр (a military campaign resembling a war; especially the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine) · it operazione militare speciale (a military campaign resembling a war; especially the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine) · az xüsusi hərbi əməliyyat (a military campaign resembling a war; especially the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine) · mn тусгай цэргийн ажиллагаа (a military campaign resembling a war; especially the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine) · cv ЯҪО (a military campaign resembling a war; especially the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine) · fi sotilaallinen erikoisoperaatio (a military campaign resembling a war; especially the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine) · tl espesyal na operasyong militar (a military campaign resembling a war; especially the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine) · uk СВО (a military campaign resembling a war; especially the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine) · sv militär specialoperation (a military campaign resembling a war; especially the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine) · de Spezial-Militäroperation (a military campaign resembling a war; especially the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine) · ru специа́льная вое́нная опера́ция (a military campaign resembling a war; especially the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine) · he מבצע צבאי מיוחד (a military campaign resembling a war; especially the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine) · mt operazzjoni militari speċjali (a military campaign resembling a war; especially the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine) · da særlig militær operation (a military campaign resembling a war; especially the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine) · is sértæk hernaðaraðgerð (a military campaign resembling a war; especially the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine) · kk АӘО (a military campaign resembling a war; especially the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine) · nb militær spesialoperasjon (a military campaign resembling a war; especially the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine) · lv īpaša militāra operācija (a military campaign resembling a war; especially the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine) · ka სპეციალური სამხედრო ოპერაცია (a military campaign resembling a war; especially the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine) · ru спецопера́ция (a military campaign resembling a war; especially the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine) · ja 特別軍事作戦 (a military campaign resembling a war; especially the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine) · uk спеціа́льна воє́нна опера́ція (a military campaign resembling a war; especially the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine) · cmn 特別軍事行動 /特别军事行动 (a military campaign resembling a war; especially the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine) · ky атайын аскердик операция (a military campaign resembling a war; especially the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine) · hy հատուկ ռազմական գործողություն (a military campaign resembling a war; especially the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine) · sh специјална војна операција (a military campaign resembling a war; especially the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine) · lt ypatinga karine operacija (a military campaign resembling a war; especially the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine) · fr opération militaire spéciale (a military campaign resembling a war; especially the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine) · tk ýörite harby operasiýa (a military campaign resembling a war; especially the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine) · hu különleges hadművelet (a military campaign resembling a war; especially the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine) · cv ятарлӑ операцийӗ (a military campaign resembling a war; especially the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine) · ur خُصُوصی فَوجی آپِریشَن (a military campaign resembling a war; especially the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine) · kk арнайы әскери операция (a military campaign resembling a war; especially the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine) · ms operasi ketenteraan khas (a military campaign resembling a war; especially the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine) · de Sondermilitäroperation (a military campaign resembling a war; especially the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine) · vi nhiệm vụ quân sự đặc biệt (a military campaign resembling a war; especially the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine) · be спецыя́льная вае́нная апера́цыя (a military campaign resembling a war; especially the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine) · id operasi militer khusus (a military campaign resembling a war; especially the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine) · ga oibríocht mhíleata speisialta (a military campaign resembling a war; especially the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine) · bg специа́лна вое́нна опера́ция (a military campaign resembling a war; especially the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine)