Russia mentioned that it’s not planning to alter Ukraine’s government- a key intention of president Vladimir Putin’s struggle when Moscow started its invasion in February. Russia “not has in its sights” a change of presidency in Ukraine, the Kremlin mentioned.

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When the Russian invasion started, Moscow had made it clear that it needs to topple the Ukrainian authorities and set up its personal management. There had been fears for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s life on the time, though he remained within the nation’s capital.

However, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov mentioned his nation “doesn’t intend the ‘particular operation’ to alter the federal government in Ukraine”.

Russia has named a variety of targets for its struggle in Ukraine, together with serving to Russian audio system within the japanese Donbas area and preventing in opposition to a so-called “anti-Russian enclave”.

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In the meantime, the World Well being Group warned that tens of millions of lives are in danger in Ukraine this winter attributable to broken or destroyed infrastructure that has left 10 million individuals, or round one quarter of the inhabitants, with out energy.

“The devastating power disaster, the deepening psychological well being emergency, constraints on humanitarian entry and the danger of viral infections will make this winter a formidable take a look at for the Ukrainian well being system,” WHO mentioned as Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky urged residents to restrict power consumption.