Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that the liberation of Donbass, the protection of its people and the achievement of Russia’s self-security is the ultimate goal behind the Russian special military operation in Ukraine.
Putin said, in Press conference on the sidelines of the Sixth Caspian Summit, which was held in Ashgabat“The ultimate goal is the one I set on February 24, which is the liberation of Donbass, the protection of these people in it and the creation of conditions that ensure the security of Russia itself, and that’s it.”
He pointed out that the work to achieve the goal continues quietly and within rhythm.
He added that “the Russian army is moving and reaching the lines that were drawn to achieve the goal of the combat operations, and everything is going according to plan.”
He stressed that the military operation in Ukraine is not limited in time, noting that the objectives of the military operation have not changed and “tactics” are likely to be modified.
During his visit to Turkmenistan, in which he denounced what he described as the “imperial ambitions” of NATO, President Putin also said Moscow has no problem with Finland and Sweden joining NATO.
He added that Moscow has no problems with Sweden and Finland like those with Ukraine.
Putin: We are open to dialogue on nuclear non-proliferation
In this context, Russian President Vladimir Putin said today, Thursday, that Moscow is open to dialogue on strategic stability and nuclear non-proliferation.
Despite the Russian invasion of Ukraine, both Moscow and Washington emphasized the importance of maintaining contacts between them on the issue of nuclear weapons. The two countries are the world’s two largest nuclear powers, with an estimated 11,000 nuclear warheads together.
“Russia is open to dialogue on ensuring strategic stability, maintaining non-proliferation regimes for weapons of mass destruction and improving the situation in the field of arms control,” Putin said in a speech at a legal forum in his hometown of St. Petersburg.
He added that these efforts would require “joint painstaking work” and would move in the direction of preventing a recurrence of “what is happening today in Donbass.”