MOSCOW, February 25 Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said that Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov would hold talks in Moscow on Friday with LPR Foreign Minister Vladislav Deinego and DPR First Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Peresada.
11:11Exacerbation of the situation in the DPR and LPRRussia disabled 118 military facilities in Ukraine»The current situation in the Donbass will be affected in the light of the special military operation launched on February 24 this year by the Russian Armed Forces to protect the DPR and LPR, the purpose of which is to ensure the security of the republics , as well as protect the rights and interests of the population living there,» the commentary on the website of the Russian Foreign Ministry reads. RF. «Particular attention will be paid to the opening of the embassies of the Donetsk People's Republic and the Luhansk People's Republic in Moscow and Russian diplomatic missions in Donetsk and Luhansk, their deployment and staffing,» the Russian Foreign Ministry said. On Thursday morning, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that he decided on a special military operation 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 the civilian population was not in danger. Approximately two hours later, the Ministry of Defense added that the Ukrainian border guards «do not offer any resistance», Ukrainian air defense systems were suppressed, and the military infrastructure of military air bases was disabled. The military department denied the information of foreign media about the alleged downing of a Russian plane over Ukraine in the military department. .jpg» />February 22, 19:08InfographicsDonetsk and Luhansk People's RepublicsInfographicsViewPosted by: Vladimir Lavrentyev
