Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday that Moscow was launching a new phase of the so-called “special military operation” in Ukraine after a large-scale invasion of the country on February 24,
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“The next stage of this operation (in the east of Ukraine) is beginning, and I am sure that it will be a very important moment of this whole special operation,” Lavrov said in an interview with India Today.
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In the evening of April 18, President Vladimir Zelensky said in a video address that “it can already be stated that Russian troops have begun the battle for Donbass, for which they have been preparing for a long time.” And that a very large part of the entire Russian army is now focused on this offensive.
Source: Ukrgate
