MOSCOW, 4 Aug. Traditional military meetings in August are not yet on the schedule of Russian President Vladimir Putin, press secretary of the head of state Dmitry Peskov said. Peskov added that the meetings will be held when the president decides. With this format, according to him, did not say goodbye. «No, of course not. It retains its relevance. But now, for obvious reasons, of course, everyone is busy,» 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 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 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.
