MOSCOW, Feb 24During a telephone conversation on Thursday, Russian President Vladimir Putin and French President Emmanuel Macron «seriously and frankly» exchanged views in connection with the events in Ukraine, Putin gave exhaustive explanations on the situation, the Kremlin press service said. In a telephone conversation between Russian President Vladimir Putin and President of the French Republic Emmanuel Macron, a serious and frank exchange of views took place on the situation around Ukraine,” the report says. «It has been established to remain in contact,» the message also says. On Thursday morning, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that he had decided on a special military operation to demilitarize Ukraine. In a televised address to the Russians, he said that circumstances «require decisive and immediate action from us, the people's republics of Donbass turned to Russia with a request for help.» />Yesterday, 19:40 Aggravation of the situation in the DPR and LPR Russia came to Ukraine for its own According to the Russian leader, the entire responsibility for the bloodshed will be on the conscience of the ruling regime in Ukraine. He called on the Ukrainian military not to follow the criminal orders of the Ukrainian authorities, lay down their arms and go home. The Russian leader also stressed that Russia's response would be immediate if someone tries to interfere with the Russian Federation, create a threat to the Russians. 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: high-precision weapons are removed military infrastructure, air defense facilities, military airfields and aviation are out of order. The ministry assured that the civilian population is not in danger.The development of the situation in Donbass is in the online report>>
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