PETROPAVLOVSK-KAMCHATSKY, May 1. Ukraine is not an independent state, and its president is a «toy «in the hands of Washington,» State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin believes. that the West will continue to behave this way, it is important for it to weaken Russia. “As for the Ukrainians, they simply don’t consider them to be people. Consumables. Therefore, they will finance, pump weapons into Ukraine and do everything to ensure that military operations are carried out to the last Ukrainian,” he added. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine 24 February. 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.
