DPR people's militia tank in the village of Nikolaevka in the Donetsk People's Republic. File photoMOSCOW, March 6 Russian President Vladimir Putin, in a conversation with Turkish leader Tayyip Erdogan, reaffirmed Russia's readiness to provide the necessary assistance for the safe evacuation of Turkish citizens from combat areas in Ukraine, the Kremlin press service reported. It is reported that a telephone conversation took place between the leaders of Russia and Turkey. the necessary assistance for the safe evacuation of Turkish citizens from the areas of hostilities,» the message says. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to abuse and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» To this end, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine» 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 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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