Go to the media bankDeputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev. File photoMOSCOW, September 11All the goals of the special military operation in Ukraine will be achieved, said Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev. «The special military operation continues. All the goals that were set by the President of our country, the Supreme Commander , they will be achieved during this operation,» he said at the United Russia headquarters. Medvedev noted that the support that United Russia received during these elections is «just the best guarantee that we will do everything the way necessary.» 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.» bloody crimes against civilians» of Donbass. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops and, on March 25, they completed the main tasks of the first stage — they significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The ultimate goal of the operation, according to the Supreme Commander-in-Chief , — «the liberation of Donbass and the creation of conditions that would guarantee the security of Russia itself.»
