Attack helicopters Ka-52 of the Russian Aerospace Forces at the field airfield of the Russian Aerospace Forces in the zone of the special military operation in Ukraine. File photoMOSCOW, Apr 28Russian President Vladimir Putin briefed Indonesian leader Joko Widodo on Russian assessments of the situation in Ukraine in the context of the ongoing special military operation, the Kremlin press service reported. assessment of the situation in Ukraine in the context of the ongoing special military operation,» the message says. 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 military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops and , on March 25, completed the main tasks of the first stage — significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass.
