Flags of Canada in OttawaWASHINGTON, Mar 6 The Canadian Foreign Ministry urged fellow citizens to avoid traveling to Russia, and those who are in the country to leave while it is possible. «Avoid any travel to Russia due to the consequences of the armed conflict in Ukraine, including a limited number of flights and restrictions on financial transactions,» the recommendation says. Russia launched a military operation on Ukraine early in the morning on 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.» 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 the occupation of Ukraine is out of the question, the President of Russia emphasized.
