Putin once again noted that he would not retreat

All tasks of the “special military operation” of Russia in Ukraine will certainly be fulfilled, said Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday at a meeting with members of the Law Council.

“All tasks” of the special military operation “conducted by us in the Donbass and Ukraine, begun on February 24, will be certainly fulfilled to guarantee peace and security to the residents of the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics, the” Russian “Crimea and the” Russian ” our entire country, ”said the head of state.