The Russian military, without meeting resistance, entered Melitopol, the Russian Defense Ministry said.
“On the evening of February 25, after the landing of an amphibious assault in the area of the settlement of Azov (Ukraine), Russian units marched and, without meeting resistance, entered Melitopol,” the report says.
On Thursday, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a special military operation in the Donbass. He assured that Moscow’s plans do not include the occupation of Ukraine, only its demilitarization and denazification.
The Ministry of Defense emphasized that the Russian Armed Forces do not carry out any missile, air or artillery strikes on Ukrainian cities: military infrastructure is disabled by high-precision weapons, nothing threatens the civilian population.