MOSCOW, 27 Apr. Contacts on the proposal of Russian President Vladimir Putin UN and ICRC to visit Ukrainian prisoners to get acquainted with the conditions of detention will continue, said the press secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov. “Yes, Putin suggested, if desired, to get acquainted with the conditions of detention of prisoners. in response to a journalist's question about whether there was a response from UN Secretary General António Guterres to Putin's proposal. and LNRPutin invited the UN and the ICRC to look at how prisoners are being held in Russia On Tuesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin held talks with UN Secretary General António Guterres, and also phoned Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov also held talks with Guterres. 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 Kyiv 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. Ukraine and respect the rights
