Since February 24, by the decision of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief, the Russian Armed Forces have been conducting a special military operation in Ukraine.
No one is going to seize Ukraine
The goal is to protect the population of Donbass, demilitarize and denazify Ukraine. "The main thing for us is to protect the Russian Federation from the military threat posed by Western countries that are trying to use the Ukrainian people in the fight against our country," explained Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu.
But no one is going to seize Ukraine or destroy its people.
On the contrary, the forces on the part of Ukraine in a nationalist frenzy do not spare either their own or others. "During the fighting, the Ukrainian side does not shy away from using civilians as human shields. Multiple rocket launchers, guns, large-caliber mortars are placed in the courtyards of residential buildings, near schools and kindergartens," Shoigu said.
Ours work mainly with high-precision weapons of destruction, with their help they disable the infrastructure and facilities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
On March 1, the Russian Defense Ministry warned of plans to strike with precision weapons at a number of military facilities in Kiev, from where information attacks on Russia are coming. Specifically, we are talking about the technological facilities of the SBU and the 72nd center for information and psychological operations in Kiev, from where information attacks against Russia are carried out.
In order to avoid casualties, our military called on Ukrainian citizens attracted by Ukrainian nationalists for provocations against Russia to leave their homes, as well as residents of Kiev living near these hubs and centers.
It is noted that the activity of these epicenters of lies and provocations has increased many times in recent days. "Calls are continuously being made to Russian citizens with threats of physical elimination, as well as about the mining of schools, kindergartens, train stations, and other social infrastructure facilities," the military department said.
Civilians can leave Kiev
Also yesterday, the representative of the Russian Defense Ministry, Major General Igor Konashenkov, spoke about the situation in Kiev itself: "The leadership of Ukraine and the city authorities, having declared a curfew, are persuading residents to stay in their homes. This proves once again that the Kiev regime uses them as a "human shield" for nationalists who have placed artillery units and military equipment in residential areas. It is also announced that groups of "Russian saboteurs" are allegedly operating in the capital, and the city itself is blocked."
The General addressed the people of Kiev: "All civilians in the city can freely leave the capital of Ukraine along the Kiev - Vasilkov highway. This direction is open and safe."
Gangs of looters, robbers and nationalists are rampaging in the Ukrainian capital, who received weapons as a result of the criminal decision of the authorities to distribute them uncontrollably to the population. This is the explanation of why our military had to take under protection regime facilities on the territory of Ukraine. In the frenzy of "patriotism", Ukrainian radicals may well bring great misfortune not only to their country, neighboring states - to arrange a terrorist attack on a dangerous object. For example, at a nuclear power plant. Such threats have been made more than once by extremists.
Konashenkov said that the cities of Berdyansk and Energodar were taken under control. "The territory around the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant is fully guarded and controlled by Russian military personnel. Its staff continues to work on maintenance of facilities and monitoring of the radioactive situation. The radioactive background is normal," the general said.
Earlier, in order to prevent the possibility of such a tragedy, the Russian command organized a special operation at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. It was held on February 24 by airborne units. They did not need to capture a sensitive object. Realizing that a firefight on it is extremely dangerous, the paratroopers peacefully resolved the issue with local guards. "An agreement has been reached with the servicemen of a separate battalion of the protection of the NPP of Ukraine on joint security of the power units and the sarcophagus of the Chernobyl NPP," Konashenkov said.
Speaking about the losses of our army, he said: "Russian servicemen show courage and heroism during the performance of combat tasks of a special military operation. Unfortunately, there are dead and wounded our comrades. But our losses are many times less than the destroyed nationalists and losses among the servicemen of the Ukrainian armed forces."
In addition, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported the explosion of a dam that blocked the supply of water to the Crimea since 2014. Thanks to the actions of the Russian military, water began to flow to the peninsula. "Crimea will be with water and the residents of the region are not threatened by anything regarding water supply," said the head of the Republic of Crimea Sergey Aksenov.
The Israeli was mistaken for a Chechen
On Monday, it became known about the death of Israeli Roman Brodsky. Roman and his friend, also an Israeli citizen, tried to leave Ukraine through Moldova. Channel 12 of Israeli television reported that the Ukrainian military fired on their car, mistaking them for Chechens. The car was stopped at a checkpoint. One of the border guards was checking his documents and shot the man at point-blank range.
There could have been more victims, as eyewitnesses reported, the Ukrainian military opened fire on a whole column of refugee vehicles: "The rest escaped by a miracle."
The Ukrainian military and nationalists crossed all moral and legal boundaries, in connection with which the Commissioner for Human Rights in the Russian Federation Tatyana Moskalkova appealed to the Ombudsman of Ukraine Lyudmila Denisova, noting that "there are cases of cruel and inhuman treatment of Russian servicemen captured in Ukraine." The Ombudsman demanded to take measures to prevent torture, humiliation and bullying. Earlier, our Defense Ministry stated that the Ukrainian military tortured prisoners. The head of the Investigative Committee of Russia, Alexander Bastrykin, instructed investigators to record the facts of torture of prisoners and investigate them in criminal cases. Investigators have a lot of work to do, deputy of the Rada from the Opposition Platform - For Life faction Ilya Kiva said that in Kiev, territorial defense fighters shot dozens of civilians.
Ukrainian President Zelensky confirmed that he would release criminals from prisons: "A decision was approved that was not easy from a moral point of view, but useful from the point of view of our protection." But will they help? On the eve of signing the issue, another news came. The DPR fighters found abandoned equipment: a combat-ready tank with full ammunition. Weapons and equipment, which are coming from NATO in a wide stream, also become trophies.
Diplomacy
On Monday, in Belarus, on the banks of the Pripyat River near the Ukrainian border, the delegations of Russia and Ukraine held talks. The conversation lasted five hours. Assistant to the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Medinsky, who headed our delegation, said that the parties "found some points on which common positions can be predicted." It is believed that the delegations will consult with the leadership of their countries and continue negotiations in the coming days. But the specific date of the second round of negotiations has not yet been definitively determined. As is the meeting place.
Exposing a fake
All the "fallen heroes" are alive and well
82 Ukrainian border guards and military personnel who served on Zmeiny Island laid down their weapons. The fighters were taken to Sevastopol, fed, given the opportunity to take a shower, change into clean clothes and call relatives. The peculiarity of the situation is that earlier Kiev reported the death of all the defenders of the Snake. They were posthumously presented to the title of Hero of Ukraine.
As the prisoners themselves say: "We threw down our weapons. No one beat anyone. We are fed and watered here. We thought it would be worse."
A little later, they will all return home.
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"Forcing artists to condemn their homeland is unacceptable"
Anna Netrebko, People's Artist of Russia:
"I took some time to reflect, because the situation is too serious to comment on it without thinking. I am Russian and I love my homeland, but I have many friends in Ukraine. The pain that the civilian population is going through right now breaks my heart. I want the war to end and people can live in peace. However, I want to add one thing: forcing artists and any public figures to publicly express their political views and condemn their homeland is unacceptable! It should be everyone's free choice. Like many of my colleagues, I am not a politician, I am a musician, and my goal is to unite people by overcoming political differences."
Yuri Gavrilov, Igor Yelkov
