AFU soldierNEW DELHI, Apr 16 Ukraine is controlled from outside and does not make independent decisions, said the head of the Donetsk People's Republic Denis Pushilin. «The goals and objectives of the special military operation on the part of the Russian Federation are the protection of the Donetsk and Luhansk republics, the protection of citizens, denazification, demilitarization, the neutral status of Ukraine, as well as the status of Ukraine as a non-nuclear state. These are simple conditions for peace, but believe me, I have been negotiating with Ukraine for seven years, including the Minsk agreements — Ukraine is not a place for negotiations, because it is a puppet. They do not make decisions, therefore these conditions cannot be and have not been met. Ukraine is controlled from the outside,” he said in an interview with India Today TV channel. 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 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 Defense Ministry, as of March 25, the Armed Forces completed the main tasks of the first stage — they significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass.
