Chairman of the Interim Commission of the Federation Council for the Protection of State Sovereignty and Prevention of Interference in the Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation Andrey Klimov MOSCOW, March 5 .Moscow has no plans to «annex» Ukraine, Russia recognizes it as a separate state and a member of the UN, is negotiating with its official representatives, believes that only the people of Ukraine should determine its political structure, said Andrei Klimov, head of the Federation Council commission for protecting the state sovereignty of the Russian Federation. «Does Moscow have plans to 'annex Ukraine'? No, and it never happened. Even today we recognize Ukraine as a separate state, a member of the UN, we are negotiating with its official representatives, and we believe that the political structure of this country should be determined only by the people of Ukraine, and not some «Uncle Sams,» the politician wrote in his Telegram channel.The Rada admitted the possibility of annexation by Hungary, Poland and Romania Speaking about the course of the special operation, Klimov noted that Moscow «is not going to artificially delay this limited operation, its pace and nature is determined by Russia's desire to save the lives of civilians and the civilian infrastructure of Ukraine.» «The operation will end after achieving specific goals: protecting the inhabitants of the LNR and DNR from aggressors, demilitarization and denazization of Ukraine, punishment of war criminals, perpetrators of acts of genocide of the Russian-speaking population and incitement of war with Russia,» the senator concluded. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine early in the morning 24 February. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine», to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbass. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops, the civilian population is not in danger. With the support of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, the DPR and LPR groups are developing an offensive. But there is no talk of the occupation of Ukraine, the Russian President emphasized.The development of the situation is in the online report >>
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