The United Nations logo at the United Nations headquarters in New York. File photoUN, Mar 8 The Russian military ensured the withdrawal of 180 UN troops from Ukraine, and are ready to provide further support in this regard, Vasily Nebenzia, Russia's permanent representative to the organization, said at a meeting of the UN Security Council.
" To date, the Russian military has ensured the exit of 180 UN troops from Ukraine. If necessary, support will be continued", Nebenzya said.
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 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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