Russian State Duma Chairman Vyacheslav VolodinMOSCOW, April 9 State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin stated that after public wishes for the continuation of hostilities in Ukraine, the head of EU diplomacy, Josep Borrell, should be fired, his duty is to seek a solution through diplomacy. Volodin in his Telegram channel. He added that it was initially clear to everyone what role Washington and Brussels assigned to Ukraine, today the West openly declared its goal — what they have been going for for years, supplying weapons to Ukraine and supporting the Nazi ideology. Previously Borrell, commenting on the events in Ukraine, wrote on his Twitter: «This war must be won on the battlefield.» In his post, the head of European diplomacy also recalled the previously allocated 500 million euros for the supply of weapons to Ukraine. 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 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.
