United Nations (UN) Secretary General António Guterres meeting with Russian President Vladimir PutinMOSCOW, 26 Apr .On the 62nd day of the Russian special operation in Ukraine, Russian forces hit a number of military targets, while more than 10,000 civilians were evacuated from the territories of Donbass and Ukraine. On Tuesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin held talks with UN Secretary General António Guterres, as well as phoned Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan. Negotiations with Guterres were also held by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. The course of the special operationOperational-tactical and army aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces hit 33 Ukrainian military facilities on Tuesday, destroyed up to 200 nationalists and more than 40 units of armored vehicles, vehicles and artillery pieces, one air defense system and three warehouses, Major General Igor Konashenkov, spokesman for the Russian Defense Ministry, said. Russian air defense systems shot down six drones of Ukrainian troops in a day, and rocket troops and artillery hit 97 Ukrainian military facilities, including 81 manpower concentration areas, in a day. High-precision missiles from the air hit 32 military facilities of Ukraine, destroyed 4 missile and artillery weapons depots, a command and observation post and two artillery batteries.In Ukraine, Russia is changing tactics, but not strategyMore than 2,400 units of Ukrainian special military vehicles have been destroyed during a Russian special operation, Konashenkov added. Colonel-General Mikhail Mizintsev of the Russian Defense Command Center. Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Nikolai Patrushev said that Russia is interested in the speedy completion of a special military operation and minimizing losses from all sides, and the West is determined to drag it out even to the last Ukrainian. The Russian Defense Ministry also commented on the statement British Deputy Defense Minister James Hippie that «it will not necessarily be a problem» if the weapons provided by Britain to the Ukrainian side are used to strike targets on the territory of the Russian Federation. London's direct provocation of Kyiv to strike targets on the territory of the Russian Federation will immediately lead to proportional answer, and advisers from one of the Western countries present in the decision centers in Kyiv «will not necessarily be a problem,» the ministry said. Putin discussed Ukraine with the UN Secretary GeneralRussian President Vladimir Putin met on Tuesday with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, who is visiting Moscow. Putin explained to Guterres the goals and objectives of the special operation in Ukraine, said that the whole problem in the Ukrainian direction arose after the coup there in 2014 and that Russia was forced to recognize the independence of the DPR and LPR in order to stop the genocide, when Ukraine announced that it would not comply with the Minsk agreements. 
Ukraine's main dream will come true: the West will take care of it. Putin also reminded Guterres of the decision of the international court on the situation in Kosovo, which was supported by everyone, and stated that the LPR and DPR became independent by analogy with this decision. In response, Guterres said that he understood that Russia's claims about European security and the situation in Ukraine and the UN support the dialogue between the two countries, although they are deeply concerned about the humanitarian situation in Ukraine. Putin also said that Russia expects to reach agreements with Ukraine on the diplomatic track, and the talks in Turkey were successful to achieve a serious breakthrough, but Russia cannot sign a document on security guarantees to Ukraine without resolving the territorial issue of Crimea and Donbass. Following the meeting at the Gutteres office, they said that Putin agreed to involve the UN and the ICRC in the evacuation of civilians from Azovstal. The Russian Foreign Ministry stressed that Russia is ready to consider UN initiatives to alleviate the suffering of the civilian population in Ukraine, if they actually contribute to this. Putin and Erdogan On Tuesday, Vladimir Putin also phoned Turkish leader Tayyip Erdogan. Putin told him that there was no longer any fighting in Mariupol and that the Kyiv authorities should order the Ukrainian military at Azovstal to lay down their arms. He also briefed Erdogan on the state of affairs at the talks between Russian and Ukrainian representatives.The West has seen the true face of Ukraine. And he liked it. In turn, Erdogan announced the need for an early ceasefire in Ukraine, said that Ankara was ready to assist in every way. The head of the Turkish defense industry department, Ismail Demir, later said that Turkey's purchase of the second batch of Russian S-400s, which was planned from the very beginning , is on the agenda, and that Turkey does not experience problems in cooperation with Russia in the military-industrial complex due to the situation in Ukraine, hopes that there will not be any. Lavrov on the talks between Russia and UkraineForeign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Tuesday after talks with Guterresem said that Ukraine should quickly respond to the proposals submitted by Russia on the treaty, if Kyiv is serious about the result in the negotiations. He stressed that Moscow is in favor of the negotiation process on Ukraine, but Kyiv is apparently not interested in this now, the negotiations are unlikely to be fruitful if Ukraine continues to be pumped with weapons. He also called Kyiv's proposal to hold a meeting with the Russian Federation «at the walls of Azovstal » in Mariupol. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrey Rudenko noted that negotiations between Russia and Ukraine continue at the expert level.
