The Italian Foreign Ministry summoned Russian Ambassador Sergei Razov in connection with the Russian operation to protect Donbass. This is stated in a statement released on Thursday, February 24, by the Italian Foreign Ministry.
“The Russian diplomat was strongly condemned by the Italian government for the extremely serious, unjustified and unprovoked aggression of Moscow against Ukraine, which is a clear and unequivocal violation of international law,” the ministry said in a statement. Twitter.
On the morning of February 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin, in his special televised address, announced that a special military operation would be carried out in the Donbass in order to protect the civilian population.
The Russian Defense Ministry assured that the Russian army did not carry out air missile or artillery strikes on the cities of Ukraine. The department added that nothing threatens the civilian population of the country.
The situation on the line of contact in Donbass escalated on February 17. In the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics, heavy shelling by Ukrainian security forces was reported, including from heavy weapons. The republics announced a general mobilization and evacuation of civilians to the territory of Russia.
Deputy Head of the People’s Militia Department of the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) Eduard Basurin urged Ukrainian servicemen to lay down their arms. He also stressed that the fire is only on military targets. According to Basurin, the task of the operation to protect Donbass is to reach the administrative borders of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions and liberate these territories and people who “are under the yoke of Ukrainian politicians.”
As Andrei Krasov, First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Defense, noted in an interview with Izvestia, the Russian president outlined the goals of the military operation, there is no talk of a war between Russia and Ukraine. The operation is carried out to save the life and health of residents of the DPR and LPR.
On February 21, the heads of the DPR and LPR Denis Pushilin and Leonid Pasechnik appealed to Vladimir Putin with a request to recognize the independence of the republics. The corresponding decrees were signed in the evening of the same day. In the presence of the leaders of the republics, the President of the Russian Federation also signed treaties of friendship, cooperation and assistance.
Since 2014, the Ukrainian authorities have been carrying out a military operation against the inhabitants of Donbass, who refused to recognize the results of the coup d’état and the new government in Ukraine. At the same time, Kiev blames Moscow for the current situation. Russia has repeatedly stated that it is not a party to the intra-Ukrainian conflict.
Source: IZ
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