The special military operation in Ukraine will end when its goals are achieved, says Peskov

Moscow, (ST) – Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov announced that there are no specific time frames for the Russian special military operation in Ukraine. He said that this operation will end when all its objectives are accomplished.

“We have no doubts that the special operation will be completed after achieving all its goals and that the main thing is the effectiveness of the implementation of this operation,” Peskov said in an interview with Iranian television.

He reiterated that the Russian armed forces, during their operations, avoid damaging civilian infrastructure and causing casualties among the civilian population, and therefore operate very accurately and use high-precision weapons.

Peskov pointed out that sanctions are the price that Russia and Iran pay for their sovereignty.

He added, “since the Soviet Union, various restrictions have been imposed on our country, the total number of which is probably in the thousands, and they affect different areas, but this may be the price that our country and Iran pay for upholding their independence and sovereignty.”

More than 2.6 million people from Ukraine and Donbas cross the border into Russia

On the other hand, the Russian authorities announced today that more than 2.6 million people from Ukraine and the Donbas region have crossed the Russian border since the start of the Russian special military operation to protect Donbass.

“To date, more than 2.6 million refugees, including 422,000 children, have crossed the border with Russia, half of them are citizens of the Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics,” TASS news agency quoted a source in the power structures as saying.

The source pointed out that the provision of financial aid to refugees is continuing according to the Russian government’s decision to pay an amount of 10,000 rubles to each refugee for one time, and the total amount of payments exceeded 5 billion rubles.

Raghda Sawas