
Russian President Vladimir PutinMOSCOW, Mar 31 Russian President Vladimir Putin gave a detailed explanation to the Prime Minister Norway to Jonas Gahr Støre, the reasons for conducting a special operation to protect the Donbass, its goals and objectives, the Kremlin press service reports. «Russian President Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Norway Jonas Gahr Støre. Vladimir Putin explained in detail the reasons for the special military operation for the protection of Donbass, its goals and objectives,» the message says.Putin explained the procedure for paying for gas in foreign currency, Draghi said, «Particular attention was paid to humanitarian issues, first of all, measures taken to ensure the safety of the civilian population and the organization of humanitarian corridors in order to evacuate civilians from the areas of clashes, including Mariupol,» the message added. «The President of Russia also informed about the talks between Russian and Ukrainian representatives, the next round of which took place the other day in Istanbul. It was agreed to maintain contacts,» the message says. and the organization of humanitarian corridors in order to evacuate civilians from the areas of clashes, including Mariupol,» the message says. 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 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 Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops and , on March 25, completed the main tasks of the first stage — significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass.

