Russian President Vladimir Putin. File photoMOSCOW, Sep 1Some people think that there is aggression from Russia, but the task of the Russian Federation is to stop the war unleashed by the Ukrainian authorities against compatriots in the Donbass, Russian President Vladimir Putin said. «Everyone believes that some kind of aggression from Russia is happening today. Nobody does not understand and does not know that after the coup d'état in Ukraine in 2014, the residents of Donetsk, Lugansk, Crimea — in large part, in any case — did not want to recognize the results of this coup, «Putin said in a dialogue with schoolchildren at an open lesson» Talk about something important».
Since the beginning of the special operation, the Russian Armed Forces have destroyed 4,663 Ukrainian tanks. He noted that they started a war against these people, and Russia’s task is to stop this war. whom you mentioned, the Donbas militia to stop this war, protect people and, of course, protect Russia itself, because on the territory of today's Ukraine they began to create an anti-Russian enclave that threatens our country,» Putin 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.
