MOSCOW, February 24 State Duma speaker Vyacheslav Volodin said in his Telegram channel that the Russians cannot be indifferent to the fate of Ukraine, the countries have a common future, they must live in friendship and harmony. «We cannot be indifferent to the fate of Ukraine. Let's think about the future, we have it in common. We must live in friendship, harmony, remember that our grandfathers and fathers fought together for this,» he wrote. On Thursday morning, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that he had decided on a special military operation against Ukraine. In a televised address to the Russians, he said that the circumstances «require decisive and immediate action from us, the people's republics of Donbass turned to Russia with a request for help.» According to the Russian leader, the entire responsibility for the bloodshed will be on the conscience of the ruling regime in Ukraine. He urged the Ukrainian military not to follow the criminal orders of the Ukrainian authorities, lay down their arms and go home. Later, the Russian Defense Ministry stressed that the Russian Armed Forces do not launch any missile, air or artillery strikes on the cities of Ukraine: military infrastructure, air defense facilities are disabled by high-precision weapons , military airfields and aviation. The ministry assured that the civilian population was not in danger. Approximately two hours later, the Ministry of Defense added that the Ukrainian border guards «do not offer any resistance», Ukrainian air defense systems were suppressed, and the military infrastructure of military air bases was disabled. The military department denied the information of foreign media about the alleged downing of a Russian plane over Ukraine in the military department. /a548c913b6a8b26f384de9969a9c706f.jpg» />12:56Exacerbation of the situation in the DPR and LPRVolodin named the only way to prevent war in EuropePosted by: Daria Buimova
