The building of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. File photoUN, Jun 2 Opportunities to reach compromises with the United States in all multilateral structures were reduced to a minimum after February 24, Russian Foreign Ministry Ambassador-at-Large Grigory Mashkov told reporters. «And so it was very difficult to work until 24 February After February 24, the possibilities for compromises were reduced, if not to zero, then to … a minimum — in all multilateral structures where we work, taking into account the line taken by them (the United States — ed.) and promoted by them together with their allies,» Mashkov said .Russia launched a special 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.
