Russian President Vladimir Putin holds an operational meeting with permanent members of the Russian Security Council MOSCOW, Apr 7Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed with the permanent members of the Security Council a special operation in Ukraine and the course of the negotiation process between representatives of Moscow and Kyiv, said the press secretary of the head of state Dmitry Peskov. «The meeting participants discussed the ongoing special military operation, as well as negotiations between the Russian and Ukrainian delegations. <…> The need to actively counter informational and other sabotage by the Ukrainian side, such as that which took place in Bucha, was also emphasized,» he said. .jpg» />What Russia is fighting for in Ukraine The meeting was attended by Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, speakers of both houses of parliament Valentina Matvienko and Vyacheslav Volodin, Deputy Chairman of the Security Council Dmitry Medvedev and Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev, head of the Kremlin administration Anton Vaino, interior ministers Vladimir Kolokoltsev, foreign ministers Sergei Lavrov , defense Sergei Shoigu, the heads of the FSB Alexander Bortnikov and the Foreign Intelligence Service Sergei Naryshkin, as well as the special presidential envoy for environmental protection, ecology and transport Sergei Ivanov. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24. Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» 
Bucha and concentrated evil: the last argument against the Russians For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine», to bring to justice all the military criminals responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbass. As the Ministry of Defense stated, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and troops, and by March 25 they had completed the main tasks of the first stage — they significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass. Russian-Ukrainian negotiations started on February 28 and are held both in the format of face-to-face meetings and via videoconference. The next face-to-face round took place last week in Istanbul.
