Ukrainian military during exercisesMOSCOW, March 15 The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine increased spending on the army by $2.2 billion from a loan from the UK government, the Ukrainian Servant of the People party reported. at the expense of credit funds raised by the state from the British government,» the Servant of the People party said in a message on its Telegram channel. release those arrested to participate in hostilitiesRussia launched a military operation in Ukraine on 24 February. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kiev 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 Defense Ministry, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops. With the support of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, the DPR and LPR groups are developing an offensive. But the occupation of Ukraine is out of the question, the President of Russia emphasized.
