Russian Guard special forces soldiers. File photoMOSCOW, June 7The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation announced the complete liberation of residential areas of Severodonetsk and the development of an offensive in the Pasnensky direction, and, according to the ministry, railway traffic between the Russian Federation, Donbass, Ukraine and Crimea will soon resume. 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.
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According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at the military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops and, as of March 25, they have completed the main tasks of the first stage — they have significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass. The course of the operationRussian aviation destroyed more than 170 nationalists of Ukraine, 83 areas of accumulation of manpower and equipment of Ukrainian troops were hit, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Tuesday. In addition, according to the department, Russian artillerymen destroyed one 155-mm M109A3 self-propelled gun transferred by Norway and two 155-mm M777 howitzers made in the USA. Also on Tuesday, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu announced the complete liberation of the residential areas of Severodonetsk and the development of an offensive in the Pasnensky direction. In addition, he announced the imminent resumption of railway traffic between the Russian Federation, Donbass, Ukraine and Crimea.12:37InfographicMap of the special operation of the Russian Armed Forces in Ukraine as of 06/07/2022InfographicViewAccording to the Ministry of Defense, monks and local residents confirmed the deliberate arson in Svyatogorsk of the wooden monastery of All Saints of the Russian Land by Ukrainian militants. As explained in the ministry, the Ukrainian nationalists wanted to cover the positions of their artillery with the Lavra in Svyatogorsk, knowing that the Russian Armed Forces did not shell churches and cultural monuments. stocks of grain to residents of the city of Mariupol, deliberately set fire to a large granary in the seaport. As a result, more than 50,000 tons of grain were destroyed. It also became known on Tuesday that several border areas remained to be cleared in the Kherson region, this work will be completed in a matter of weeks. Kirill Stremousov, deputy head of the military-civilian administration of the region, told reporters about this.
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Negotiations with TurkeyAccording to the Russian Foreign Ministry, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov During his visit to Turkey on June 8, he will discuss with his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu the prospects for resuming peace talks with Ukraine. Also on Tuesday, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu discussed Ukraine with his Turkish counterpart Hulusi Akar, the Russian Defense Ministry reported. It was clarified that «the ministers of defense discussed in detail the issues of safety of navigation in the Black Sea in connection with the solution of the problem of exporting grain from the territory of Ukraine.»
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