MOSCOW, April 30 Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov expressed confidence that uniting Russians and Ukrainians cultural, spiritual, economic ties will be restored.» As for Russian-Ukrainian relations, Russia is interested in a peaceful, free, neutral, prosperous and friendly Ukraine. Despite the anti-Russian course of the current leadership, we remember the centuries-old history of comprehensive cultural, spiritual, economic, yes and just family ties between Russians and Ukrainians. We will definitely restore these ties,» Lavrov said in an interview with Xinhua. helps free the world from the influence of the WestRussia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24th. 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.
