German Chancellor Olaf Scholz during a press conference in BerlinBERLIN, Feb 25 German Chancellor Olaf Scholz emphasized the need to strengthen the eastern flank of NATO, the press service of the German government said following the virtual summit of the North Atlantic Alliance. attention to the security needs of partners in NATO,» the press service said.NATO called on Russia to immediately stop the special operation in the Donbass In a televised address to the Russians, President Vladimir Putin said that circumstances «require decisive and immediate action from us, the people's republics of Donbass have asked 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 carry out the criminal orders of the Ukrainian authorities, to lay down their arms and go home. Later, the Russian Defense Ministry stressed that the Russian Armed Forces do not inflict any strikes on the cities of Ukraine: military infrastructure is disabled by high-precision means. The civilian population, according to the department, is not in danger. Later, the Ministry of Defense added that the Ukrainian border guards «do not offer any resistance», in some cases the Ukrainian military surrender and then have the opportunity to return to their families. On Friday morning, 118 Ukrainian military facilities were disabled, the Chernobyl nuclear power plant was taken under control. Ukrainian air defense systems have been suppressed, the military infrastructure of military air bases has been disabled, the Ministry of Defense notes. Judging by the video in Ukrainian social networks and media, various parts of the country, including the outskirts of Kiev, have already taken control of Russian troops. A detailed map of the regions of Ukraine in which the Russian military operates has not yet been officially published. Vladimir Lavrentiev
