Anything beyond this is in your imagination
"We can only really go off what President Putin has articulated as the goal for launching their 'special military operation'. In his speech on February 24th, he stated that the objective of the invasion was to protect the self-declared republics of LPR & DPR, recognised by Russia as independent nations but internationally recognised as part of Ukraine. To achieve this, he said, Russia would seek to 'demilitarise' and 'denazify' Ukraine, as well as prosecute those in Ukraine it accuses of crimes against civilians.
In this context, in accordance with Article 51 (Chapter VII) of the UN Charter, with permission of Russia’s Federation Council, and in execution of the treaties of friendship and mutual assistance with the Donetsk People’s Republic and the Lugansk People’s Republic, ratified by the Federal Assembly on February 22, I made a decision to carry out a special military operation.
The purpose of this operation is to protect people who, for eight years now, have been facing humiliation and genocide perpetrated by the Kiev regime. To this end, we will seek to demilitarise and denazify Ukraine, as well as bring to trial those who perpetrated numerous bloody crimes against civilians, including against citizens of the Russian Federation.
Furthermore, Putin laid out his demands for ending the invasion in a call with Turkey's President Erdogan on March 17th. According to the BBC, these are:
- Acceptance by Ukraine that it should be neutral and should not apply to join Nato.
- Undergo a disarmament process to ensure it isn't a threat to Russia.
- Protection for the Russian language in Ukraine.
- Undergo 'denazification'."
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