Russian Defense appeals to the citizens of Ukraine

On Feb 25, 2022

The Russian Defense Ministry appealed to the citizens of Ukraine, saying: “Your national leadership uses the same methods as terrorists. It wants to use you as a human shield. The Russian armed forces will not launch any strikes on residential areas of the Ukrainian capital.”

The spokesman for the Russian Defense Ministry, Igor Konashenkov, announced that the Ministry of Defense notes cases of killings of conscripts who did not want to fight, perpetrated by Ukrainian nationalists.

“There was more than one case of killing and revenge by the nationalists against conscripts who did not want to fight to intimidate members of the Ukrainian armed forces. Ukrainian soldiers who laid down their arms say so,” Konashenkov said.

On the morning of February 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that he had decided to launch a special military operation to disarm Ukraine. In a televised address to the Russians, he said that the circumstances “require us to take decisive and immediate measures, and the Donbas People’s Republics asked Russia for help.” According to the Russian president, the entire responsibility for the bloodshed rests with the conscience of the ruling regime in Ukraine. He called on the Ukrainian military not to follow the criminal orders of the Ukrainian authorities, lay down their weapons and return home.

Later, the Russian Defense Ministry stressed that the Russian armed forces did not carry out any missile, air or artillery strikes on the cities of Ukraine, as the military infrastructure, air defense facilities, military airports and aviation were disabled with high-precision weapons. The ministry emphasized that the civilian population is not in danger.

Russian Defense appeals to the citizens of Ukraine

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