MOSCOW, April 21 Vladimir Putin on urgent ceasefire measures in Ukraine is not yet available, press secretary of the head of state Dmitry Peskov told reporters. Earlier, the UN Secretary General requested a meeting with Vladimir Putin in Moscow and with Vladimir Zelensky in Kyiv on urgent measures for a ceasefire in Ukraine, his appeals were transferred to the missions of Russia and Ukraine in the UN. «Such appeals are being received through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. So far there has been no reaction,» Peskov said, answering the question whether the Kremlin received the letter and whether there was any reaction. 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 Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, as of March 25, the main tasks of the first stage were completed — they significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass. On April 19, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov announced the start of the next phase of the special operation. about the Easter truce
