Russia Sets Conditions to end special operations in Ukraine: Report

New Delhi: The head of the Russian Foreign Ministry’s second CIS department Alexey Polishchuk told the media that Russia’s special military operation will end when threats related to Ukraine’s capturing by NATO are eliminated.

“The special military operation will end when its tasks are fulfilled. Among them is the protection of the peaceful population of Donbas, demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine, as well as the elimination of threats to Russia coming from the Ukrainian territory due to its capturing by NATO countries,” the diplomat said.

The special operation is running as planned, he added. “All its goals will be reached,” Polishchuk stressed.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Moscow had no plans to occupy Ukrainian territories, and the goal was to demilitarize and denazify the country. Vladimir Putin said that in response to a request by the heads of the Donbas republics he had made a decision to carry out a special military operation.

(Vinayak)