Dmitry Peskov: the primary task of Russia in Ukraine is the destruction of the “national battalions” According to Dmitry Peskov, the objectives of the operation are well known and will be carried out /media/img/7/65/756500180601657.jpg” alt=”The Kremlin called the primary task of the special operation in Ukraine” />
The main task of the Russian armed forces conducting a special operation in Ukraine is to destroy the “nationalist battalions”, and this will be done. This was stated to journalists by the press secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov. it is to free all the same [the territory of Ukraine] from these nationalist battalions. The operation continues, and the challenges ahead are well known. They must be fulfilled and will be fulfilled. There shouldn't be any doubts, — said Peskov (quote from RIA Novosti).
He noted that in those areas where civilians are not taken hostage and social facilities and houses do not suffer during shelling,— there “a peaceful life is being established.” “And in those places where the nationalist battalions are doing what I have already said, there is a fierce struggle and there they are all subject to destruction,” — added the Kremlin representative.
At the request of Roskomnadzor, RBC provides data on the details of the military operation in Ukraine based on information from Russian official sources.
Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the start of a military operation in Ukraine on the morning of February 24. He called its goals the protection of the inhabitants of Donbass, as well as the “denazification” of and “demilitarization” neighboring state.
On April 6, Peskov, in an interview with the French TV channel LCI, said that Moscow wants to complete the military operation in Ukraine through negotiations. The next day, in an interview with Britain's Sky News channel, a Kremlin spokesman expressed hope that the Russian military would be able to fulfill the objectives of the operation in the near future. “We hope that in the coming days, in the foreseeable future, the operation will achieve its goals or end with negotiations between the Russian and Ukrainian delegations,” said Peskov.
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At the same time, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, in an interview with Rossiya 24 On April 11, he stated that the Russian special operation in Ukraine was being carried out in order to interfere with the “reckless course” of The United States and its allies to complete domination of the world.
The minister cited the actions of US troops in Iraq in 2003 as an example. According to Lavrov, Washington “felt a threat” for their own safety due to the policy of Baghdad, while between the states there are “10 thousand kilometers.” “They bombed it [Iraq], they didn’t find any threat, they didn’t even apologize. And when ultra-radical neo-Nazis are grown right on our borders, dozens of biological laboratories are created along the lines of the Pentagon <…>, we are not allowed to respond to this threat on our borders, and not across the ocean,»,— said then Lavrov.
The Russian Ministry of Defense on the morning of April 15 announced the continuation of the special operation and the strikes with Caliber cruise missiles. on targets in the area of the Ukrainian capital. In particular, a blow was delivered to the Vizar machine-building plant. on the outskirts of Kyiv. The ministry warned that they would increase the number and scale of strikes against military facilities in Kyiv in response to attacks by the Ukrainian side on Russian territory.
Also, according to the official representative of the Ministry of Defense, Major General Igor Konashenkov, the formation of the Donetsk People's Republic and the Russian armed forces took control of the metallurgical plant. Ilyich in Mariupol.
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