The national flag of Germany over the Bundestag building. Archive photoBERLIN, May 23. There are no grounds for statements that the German Cabinet of Ministers is deliberately delaying the delivery of heavy weapons to Kyiv, Christiane Hoffmann, First Deputy Spokesperson for the German government, said at a briefing in Berlin. «For such statements. there is no actual data,» Hoffmann said, answering relevant media questions. that the government «should not defend itself» against such assumptions. Answering the question about the goals of the military conflict in Ukraine, the representative of the Cabinet of Ministers emphasized that Kyiv itself should determine the «military goals», Germany insists only that peaceful conditions cannot be «imposed» .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 Donbas. .jpg» />March 12, 14:46Special military operation in UkraineMap of the special operation of the Russian Armed Forces in Ukraine as of May 23, 2022 InfographicView
