Flag of Ukraine on the building of the Verkhovna Rada in Kyiv. File photoMOSCOW, April 21The Parliament of Ukraine has extended martial law, which expires on April 25, for 30 days, Verkhovna Rada deputy Oleksiy Goncharenko said. from Moscow time) on April 25 for another 30 days,» Goncharenko wrote in the Telegram channel. 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 and, on March 25, they 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.
