Ukrainian servicemanMOSCOW, Apr 5 Donbass, the Ministry of Defense reported.
"Specialists of the communications security control units of the Russian Armed Forces, during a special military operation, intercepted the negotiations of the command of the Ukrainian nationalists about the planned covert movement of units to strike at the positions of the DPR People's Militia and the Russian Armed Forces" ;,” the ministry said.
To identify the channel, Russian specialists used a mobile security control station. The contents of the talks were handed over to the group’s command to strike at the enemy. Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» According to the Ministry of Defense, the strikes are carried out only on military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops. According to the situation on March 25, the Russian army completed the main task of the first stage — it significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal of the operation in the Russian defense department was called the liberation of Donbass.