MOSCOW, February 24 other goals are not pursued there, Dmitry Peskov, the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation, told reporters. our national interests, this is dictated by concern for the future of our country. And, of course, in fact, we do not pursue only such goals and no others,» he said. .jpg» />14:22The aggravation of the situation in the DPR and LNRV The Kremlin spoke about the operation to demilitarize Ukraine»I do not know about this,» Peskov answered the question of whether the Kremlin had already assessed the reaction of the Russians to the military operation. Russian President Vladimir Putin run she said 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.» The President of the Russian Federation stated that the entire responsibility for the bloodshed would be on the conscience of the ruling regime in Ukraine, and called on the Ukrainian military not to follow the criminal orders of the Ukrainian authorities, to lay down their arms and go home. February 22, 19:08InfographicDonetsk and Luhansk People's RepublicsInfographicViewPosted by: Natalia Makarova