The flag on the building of the United States Embassy in Russia. Archival photoMOSCOW, May 12.Russia did everything not to carry out an operation in Ukraine, but they did not want to talk to us, said the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov. «Do you remember that before the start of the special military President (Vladimir) Putin and the Russian side took steps to prevent this operation from taking place. They didn’t want to talk to us and didn’t want to listen to us. There were no actions to resume the dialogue in the last two months,» Peskov said. , answering the question of journalists that over the past 2.5 months since the start of the special operation in Ukraine, have there been any attempts from the American side to have a conversation with the President of Russia. />American Colonel: US is using Poland to start a war with RussiaRussia 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. 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.