UNSCUN, Mar 5 UNSC meeting on humanitarian situation in Ukraine scheduled for Monday , sources in the Security Council told RIA Novosti. «The meeting is scheduled for Monday at 15.00 (23.00 Moscow time),» the source said. Two more sources confirmed the information. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine early Thursday morning, February 24. 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.» bloody crimes against civilians» of Donbass. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops, nothing threatens the civilian population. With the support of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, the DPR and LPR groups are developing an offensive. But the occupation of Ukraine is out of the question, the President of Russia emphasized.
