Russian-Ukrainian talks in BelarusMOSCOW, Mar 14 Head of the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine Denis Malyuska joined to the Ukrainian delegation at the talks with Russia, Mikhail Podolyak, adviser to the head of Volodymyr Zelensky’s office, told Strana.ua. video conferencing mode. As a result, Podolyak said that a technical pause had been taken, negotiations would continue on Tuesday. 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 Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, the Armed Forces strike only at the military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops. 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.
