Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that the goals of Russia’s special military operation (SMO) remain unchanged and remain relevant.
According to Dmitry Peskov, the goals of Russia’s SMO have not changed. The press secretary of the Russian President emphasised that the relevance of the tasks set remains unchanged and remains valid at the moment.
“<…> they (objectives – ed.) are all well known, and they all remain relevant. This is demilitarisation, this is denazification, this is ensuring the safety of people living in those regions that have already become Russian regions, shielding them from direct attacks, actually saving their lives,” he said.
The Kremlin spokesman recalled that Russia had set as one of the SMO goals the cessation of the war that began in Ukraine in 2014.
“And, in addition, in a broader plan, of course, it is to ensure the security of the Russian Federation against the background of attempts to destroy the neutral status of Ukraine, pulling, sucking it into NATO and further pulling NATO’s military infrastructure to the borders of our country,” Peskov pointed out.
We will remind, on 24 February 2022, Vladimir Putin in an address to the Russians announced that he had decided on a special military operation in Donbass. Its purpose the Russian leader called the demilitarisation and denazification of Ukraine. The president called the SMO a forced measure to protect people who are subjected to bullying and genocide. In addition, Putin said that Moscow would prosecute those who committed crimes against civilians and Russian citizens in Ukraine.