President of Ukraine Volodymyr ZelenskySIMFEROPOL, March 13 Russian State Duma deputy from the Crimean region Mikhail Sheremet believes that Vladimir Zelensky has completely lost control over the situation in Ukraine. «Zelensky has lost control over the situation in the country. The situation is catastrophic. Nationalist formations have actually taken power in the regions into their own hands and live a separate life. There is no interaction and coherence, which is why civilians are suffering and dying,» Sheremet told RIA Novosti. According to him, with his policy, Zelensky only multiplies the victims among the civilian population and the Ukrainian army, throws soldiers into the embrasure, while he himself «is sitting somewhere far away in warm offices» «Zelensky does nothing to stop the bloodshed, but only adds fuel to the fire,» the deputy stressed. 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.» 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.
