MOSCOW, Feb 24Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, at talks with his Pakistani counterpart on Thursday, said he hopes there is a chance to return to international law and international obligations. «Unfortunately, our Western friends do not respect international law, trying to destroy it and promote what they call «an order based on rules,» Lavrov's words are quoted in a message posted on the website of the Russian Foreign Ministry. «As you may have heard, Russian President V.V. Putin made a detailed statement this morning in connection with NATO's actions and the announcement that they are no longer limited to the territories of member states, but claim to be on a large scale. They are «responsible for world security.» The way they are promoting the so-called strategies in the Indo-Pacific region — this certainly indicates that they have an «appetite» for the entire planet,» the minister said. Lavrov added that «they had intense and detailed discussions with our American colleagues, with other NATO members.» «We hope that there is still a chance to return to international law and international obligations,» he stressed. «/>14:07The aggravation of the situation in the DNR and the LNRV, the Kremlin named the goals of the Russian military operation in the Donbass»And since we are taking the measures announced by the president to ensure the security of the country and the Russian people, we will certainly always be ready for a dialogue that will return us to justice and principles of the UN Charter,» the minister said. On Thursday morning, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that he had decided on a special military operation of the Russian Federation to demilitarize 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, all 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 nothing threatens the civilian population.The development of the situation in Donbass is in the online report >>
08:31The aggravation of the situation in the DPR and LPRNebenzya promised to keep the UN Security Council informed about the Russian operation in DonbasPosted by: Vlada Kopylova
