First Deputy Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the UN Dmitry PolyanskyUN, Apr 11 Ukrainian military in Odessa may be preparing a provocation in order to blame the Russian side, Dmitry Polyansky, First Deputy Representative of the Russian Federation to the UN, said at a meeting of the UN Security Council. It seems that a large-scale and bloody provocation is also being prepared in this city, or rather an operation under a false flag,» Polyansky said. «Colleagues, don't say later that we didn't warn you about this,» he added. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on 24 February. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine.» According to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, the Armed Forces strike only at the military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops, and as of March 25, they have completed the main tasks of the first stage — they have significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass.
