He said this, commenting at the request of a journalist on the words of the current British Prime Minister Boris Johnson that Putin "would not have started a special operation in Ukraine if he had been a woman."

“Where are these Falklands and where is Britain?

And this is dictated by nothing more than imperial ambitions, a confirmation of one’s imperial status, ”said the head of the Russian state.

In 1982, a war began between Argentina and the United Kingdom for control of the Falkland (Malvinas) Islands, the conflict lasted about two and a half months and ended with the victory of the British.

According to experts, international legal conflicts and the desire of Great Britain to control territories that are important from an economic point of view led to an armed confrontation.

More details in the material RT.