The UN flag on the grounds of the Peace Palace in The Hague. File photoWASHINGTON, June 20The UN is ready to expand its presence in Ukraine, said Stéphane Dujarric, a spokesman for the organization's secretary general. part of the job,» he said at a briefing. According to Dujarric, the UN is receiving information about massive shelling of territories, both controlled by the Ukrainian government and not controlled by it. «The UN calls on the parties to respect (international) law,» he said. 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 abuse and genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» To this end, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine» 
Russia welcomes UN call for dialogue on food security, Putin said on 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.
