Secretary of the General Council of the United Russia party Andrei Turchak. Archival photoMARIUPOL, April 20 Secretary of the General Council of the United Russia Party Andrey Turchak, speaking with the heads of cities and districts of the territories of the DPR and the liberated territories of Donbass, expressed confidence that there would be no return of the old regime and this would not happen will be allowed during a military operation. «There will be no return of the old regime. We will not allow this even during a special military operation, and we will bring it to its logical conclusion, and there can only be one logical conclusion — unconditional surrender. And the unconditional victory of our common We are doing this not for show, but for the sake of returning peaceful life to this land. We are doing this for the sake of the people,» Turchak said. 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.
