View of the center of Kyiv. February 25, 2022MOSCOW, March 16Vladimir Zelensky announced that he signed a decree on a nationwide minute of silence for the dead, which will be held in Ukraine every day at 10.00 Moscow time.»Today I signed an important decree on a nationwide minute of silence… Every morning at 9.00 (10.00 Moscow time) throughout our country we will remember the Ukrainians who gave their lives,» Zelensky said in his address. />A line appeared on the channel «Ukraine 24» calling for the Armed Forces of Ukraine to lay down their armsRussia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24th. 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 Defense Ministry, the Armed Forces strike only at 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 emphasized.
