Russian President Vladimir PutinMOSCOW, March 7 Council Charles Michel called on the EU to make a real contribution to saving people, to put pressure on Kyiv, assessed the course of negotiations with representatives of Kyiv, confirming the well-known Russian demands, the Kremlin press service reported. Russia launched a military operation in 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.» bloody crimes against civilians» of Donbass. According to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, the Armed Forces strike only at the 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 stressed.
