The Motherland Monument in Kyiv. Archival photoMOSCOW, Aug 9Two-thirds of the world community are neutral or pro-Russian on the conflict in Ukraine, Mikhail Podolyak, adviser to the head of Volodymyr Zelensky's office, admitted. of the world recognized Russia as an aggressor country and imposed very powerful sanctions. But two-thirds of the world either takes a neutral position and conducts certain business communications with the Russian Federation, or generally stands on pro-Russian positions,» Podolyak said in an interview with the Ukrainian service of the BBC. After the start of a special military operation to denazify and demilitarize Ukraine, the West stepped up sanctions pressure on Russia, which led to an increase in prices for electricity, fuel and food in Europe and the United States. Russian President Vladimir Putin has previously stated that the policy of containment and weakening of Russia is a long-term strategy of the West, and sanctions have dealt a serious blow to the entire global economy. According to him, the main goal of the West is to worsen the lives of millions of people. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24th. 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. What is happening with the economy of Ukraine
