Foreign Ministers of the BRICS countries supported the negotiations between Russia and Ukraine

Russian-Ukrainian negotiations. File photoNEW DELHI, May 19.The BRICS foreign ministers supported the talks between Russia and Ukraine, the Indian Foreign Ministry said in a joint statement. .Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on 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. -sid=»rian_photo» class=»lazyload» width=»1920″ height=»1080″ decoding=»async» sizes=»(min-width: 600px) 600px, 100vw» src=»https://cdnn21.img .ria.ru/images/07e6/02/1c/1775518422_0:161:3309:2022_1920x0_80_0_0_ba0fbbcc06fde46394d0a27e26fb0b9f.jpg» srcset=» data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=%22.org/http 2000/svg%22%20width=%221920%22%20height=%221080%22%3E%3C/svg%3E 100w «data-srcset=»https://cdnn21.img.ria.ru/images/07e6/02/1c/1775518422_0:161:3309:2022_640x0_80_0_0_40b1990b31d1f63d8fd340f0abb90e99.jpg 640w,https://cdnn21.img.ria.ru/images/07e6/02/1c/1775518422_0:161:3309:2022_1280x0_80_0_0_5ddd31265b072f7d63ab9f35a2d0194b.jpg 1280w,https://cdnn21.img.ria.ru/images/07e6/02/1c/1775518422_0:161:3309:2022_1920x0_80_0_0_ba0fbbcc06fde46394d0a27e26fb0b9f.jpg 1920w»> Deputy Foreign Minister announced Russia's readiness and return to negotiations with Ukraine