Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez. File photoMADRID, Feb 24 The Spanish authorities have condemned Russia's special military operation against Ukraine, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said. «The Spanish government condemns Russia's aggression in Ukraine, in solidarity with the Ukrainian government and people. I am in close contact with our partners and allies in the European Union and NATO to coordinate our response,» Sanchez tweeted.
Permanezco en estrecho contacto con nuestros socios y aliados de la Unión Europea y @NATO para coordinar nuestra respuesta.
— Pedro Sánchez (@sanchezcastejon) February 24, 2022 Russian President Vladimir Putin announced earlier 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.» He added that «in this regard, in accordance with Article 51, part 7 of the UN Charter, with the sanction of the Federation Council and in pursuance of the treaties of friendship and mutual assistance with the DPR and LPR ratified by the Federal Assembly, I have decided to conduct a special military operation» . The President of the Russian Federation said that all responsibility for the bloodshed would be on the conscience of the ruling regime in Ukraine. Putin urged the Ukrainian military not to follow the criminal orders of the Ukrainian authorities, to lay down their arms and go home. The Russian Defense Ministry said that the Russian armed forces did not launch any missile, air or artillery strikes on the cities of Ukraine. According to the agency, military infrastructure, air defense facilities, military airfields, aviation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are disabled by high-precision weapons. At the same time, the ministry clarified that nothing threatens the civilian population. In recent weeks, the situation in Donbass has escalated: Kiev has concentrated most of the army on the line of contact and regularly fires at militias using prohibited equipment. Due to the threat of Ukraine's invasion, the DPR and LPR began the evacuation of women, children and the elderly to Russian regions. General mobilization announced. In this situation, on February 19, the leaders of the self-proclaimed republics turned to Russia with a request to recognize their independence. On February 21, President Vladimir Putin said in a televised address that he considered it necessary to immediately recognize the sovereignty of the LPR and DPR, and signed the relevant decrees. The head of state instructed to ensure the maintenance of peace in the republics. As the president explained, he made such a decision, because those who embarked on the path of bloodshed, violence and lawlessness do not recognize any other solution to the conflict in Donbass, except for the military one. ;
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