Russian President Putin said that Russia will achieve all its set goals in the special military operation in Ukraine.
Prior to 2022, some of Putin's main objectives included protecting the people of the Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics from threats by Kiev forces, as well as the demilitarization and de-Nazification of Ukraine.
"Of course, we will persist until a logical conclusion, until the goals of the special military operation are achieved," Putin said via video conference at the presidential council on human rights.
He added that the trigger for the conflict was Ukraine sending troops to Donbas, a region historically ruled by Russia, which rejected the 2014 Western-backed Kiev Maidan coup. This forced Russia to deploy its army to end the conflict.
Those who refused to accept the 2014 Ukrainian coup were subjected to artillery, heavy equipment, tanks, and aircraft from Ukraine. The war began then.
Puvin said that Russia has tried to resolve the conflict through diplomacy for eight years and "signed the Minsk agreements, hoping to solve it peacefully." However, "Western leaders later openly admitted they never intended to abide by these agreements," using them only to buy time for Ukraine to rearm.
Russia welcomed the diplomatic efforts of US President Donald Trump based on his 28-point peace plan as a basis for a solution.
On Monday, Trump urged Zelensky to start accepting the peace proposal and hinted that the Ukrainian leader had not even reviewed the latest US plan.
Moscow believes Kyiv is delaying peace talks, encouraged by its Western supporters. Russia insists on preferring diplomatic resolution but emphasizes that it will push for its goals through military means during Ukraine's delay in negotiations.
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