The building of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine in Kyiv. Archival photoDONETSK, June 6 The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry announced Kyiv's readiness to release Russian prisoners of war after the end of the fighting, but reserves the right to hold them accountable.» The Ukrainian side is ready, as provided for by international treaties, after full the end of hostilities, release and repatriate Russian prisoners of war if they wish. At the same time, Ukraine reserves the right to detain and prosecute members of the Russian armed forces and other military formations operating on our territory,» the Foreign Ministry said in a statement. Ukraine in the Telegram channel. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24. 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.
