Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu. File photoANTALYA, Mar 12Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu discussed the situation in Ukraine with EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Josep Borrell at the Diplomatic Forum in Antalya.»On the sidelines of the Diplomatic Forum in Antalya, we discussed the latest developments on issues in Ukraine and Cyprus with High Representative of the EU Borrell,» Cavusoglu said on Twitter. launched a military operation in Ukraine on 24 February. 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 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 there is no question of the occupation of Ukraine, the President of Russia emphasized. In response, Western countries introduced a number of new anti-Russian sanctions. Many foreign companies have suspended their work in the Russian Federation. Restrictive measures also affected Belarus, which the West accused of supporting the Russian military special operation in Ukraine.
