‘Special military operation’ in Ukraine goes according to plan, Lavrov opposes the West

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Lavrov told China’s Xinhua news agency that Russia’s goals “will definitely be achieved”.

Asked about the peace talks between the two countries, although they have not been in person for several weeks, Lavrov said that discussions on a possible draft agreement are being discussed in video conferences every day. “We are in favor of continuing the talks, although they are not going well,” he said.

Lavrov also accused ASV and NATO that these countries see Ukraine as a “means” to stop Russia, and that they have forced Kiev to make an “artificial, false choice”: either with the West or with Moscow.

He also stressed that if the US and NATO were really interested in resolving the “Ukraine crisis”, they would have to “wake up” and stop supplying weapons and ammunition to Kiev.

The BBC recalls that a senior US defense official said on Friday that Russian forces in Donbass were making “slow and uneven progress” as Ukrainian troops fiercely resisted the invaders.

Pentagon considers that Russian troops are lagging behind for several days and have not achieved their goals. The United States also believes that Russia continues to prepare for a long and wider offensive.

From the 66th day of the war, Russia army continues to attack the Eastern area of ​​operations with a view to gaining full control of Donetsk and Luhansk areas and to establish a land corridor with a temporary occupation Crimea peninsula, however, the invaders have not made significant progress, reports Saturday Ukraine General Staff of the Armed Forces.

Like Russia hopes to fix the problemswhich have previously delayed its invasion of Ukraine, said in a recent report British Ministry of defence. Russia has previously had problems with the geographical concentration of combat capabilities, the reduction of supply lines and the simplification of management and control, reports the Ukrainian agency UNN.

In addition, Russia has shortcomings in tactical coordination and continues to “face significant challenges”. Russia is said to have been forced to unite and redeploy troops following unsuccessful attacks in north-eastern Ukraine.

Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine with rocket fire, airstrikes and ground forces began in the early hours of 24 February. However, so far Russian forces have not been able to occupy the capital, Kiev, or any of the other major cities in Ukraine.

In general, the war in Ukraine has been going on since 2014, when Russia occupied Crimea peninsula and launched a war in eastern Ukraine.

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