Mayor of the Ukrainian city of Dnipro (former Dnepropetrovsk) Boris FilatovMOSCOW, Apr 8 Mayor of the Ukrainian city Dnepr Boris Filatov criticized the adviser to the head of Vladimir Zelensky's office, Alexei Arestovich, calling his jokes stupid. — Filatov wrote in his Telegram channel on Friday. a video message where he poses with a mannequin of the Star Wars character Darth Vader and claims that the West has transferred «really heavy weapons» to Kiev. Previously, Filatov himself, speaking of the Russians, said that the time had come to «kill these non-humans» around the world. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on 24 February. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine.» According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at the military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops, and as of March 25, they have completed the main tasks of the first stage — they have significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass.
