Armored personnel carrier of the People's Militia of the DPR in the village of GnutovoMOSCOW, March 16 more than 31,000 civilians, including 89 foreigners, through humanitarian corridors, Russia and Ukraine continue to try to reach an agreement. . These are 71 OSCE representatives, 9 Greek citizens and 9 Pakistani citizens, the agency specified.View from Kyiv: Ukraine really needs denazificationAviation and air defense systems of the Russian Aerospace Forces shot down two Ukrainian Su-25 aircraft in the Chernihiv region, one MiG-29 in the Novaya Bykovka region, and four unmanned aerial vehicles in a day. The National Guard announced that it took the Kakhovka hydroelectric power station under protection, the Ukrainian side surrendered it without a fight, the local paramilitary guards laid down their arms and went home. The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. As noted by the ministry, it was previously known from refugees who got out of Mariupol that the Nazis of the Azov Battalion could hold civilians hostage in the theater building, using the upper floors as firing points. The department also stated that Russian aviation did not carry out any strikes against ground targets, and the theater building was never considered a target.Europe is betraying Ukraine — in parts and entirely. Attempts to reach an agreementNegotiations with Ukraine continue, but they are going hard and slowly, said the head of the Russian delegation, presidential aide Vladimir Medinsky. According to him, Russia's goal in the negotiations has not changed: «We need a peaceful, free, neutral and independent Ukraine, we want the agreement to be for generations, so that our children also live in peace.» that the positions of the parties in the negotiations between Russia and Ukraine on the aggravated situation on Ukrainian territory were different, but now they are beginning to reach some kind of compromise. 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 abuse and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» To this end, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine» bloody crimes against civilians» of Donbass. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops. With the support of the Russian Armed Forces, the DPR and LPR groups are developing an offensive, but there is no talk of the occupation of Ukraine, the Russian President emphasized. to be and remain Russia
