“The goals were told by the president – demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine. Actually, both of them pose a threat to our state and our people,” Peskov told reporters during a briefing, the BBC Russian news service reported.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov explained that by “demilitarization of Ukraine” the Kremlin means the neutralization of its military potential, which, according to him, has recently been fueled from abroad, and “denazification” means clearing Ukraine of Nazis, of pro-Nazi people and ideology.
Poland said 29,000 people crossed its border from Ukraine on February 24, far more than in normal times. Polish authorities have equipped nine refugee reception centers. About a thousand people arrived in the city of Przemysl in the southeast of the country by train, many of them having to sleep on cots installed at the station. Some refugees went to Romania and Hungary. The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Moldova reports that as of Friday morning, 15.8 thousand citizens of Ukraine arrived in the country, 315 people asked for asylum. 3.1 thousand people arrived in Romania.
On the morning of February 25, the Russian Ministry of Defense also reported on the technical losses of the Ukrainian army. The list of destroyed infrastructure includes: 11 military airfields, 13 control points and communications centers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, 14 S-300 and Osa anti-aircraft missile systems, 36 radar stations, combat aircraft, 1 helicopter, 5 drones, 18 tanks and other combat aircraft. armored vehicles, 7 multiple launch rocket systems, 41 units of special military vehicles, 5 combat boats.
The day before, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a special military operation in Donbass. He assured that Moscow’s plans do not include the occupation of Ukraine, only its demilitarization and denazification, RIA Novosti reports. The Ministry of Defense emphasized that the Russian Armed Forces do not carry out any missile, air or artillery strikes on Ukrainian cities: military infrastructure is disabled by high-precision weapons, and nothing threatens the civilian population.