ANTALYA, Mar 10 The Russian special operation in Ukraine is going according to plan, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.» If you answer the question of how the special military operation is developing, (then) these assessments are given, firstly, by representatives of our Ministry of Defense, and most importantly, the president as the supreme commander in chief. He repeatedly emphasized that in general The special operation is going according to plan,» Lavrov said after talks with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba. 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 the occupation of Ukraine is out of the question, the President of Russia emphasized.
