I appeal to Ukrainian citizens: Briefing by the official representative of the Russian Ministry of Defense, Major General Igor Konashenkov

MOSCOW: “Groups of troops of the DPR and LPR are developing the success of the attack on the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with the fire support of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.

The units of the Lugansk People's Republic in the Severodonetsk direction rapidly advanced to a depth of 12 kilometers.
The grouping of troops of the Donetsk People's Republic in the direction of Volnovakha advanced 11 kilometers deep into the defense of the nationalist battalions.

Units of the armed forces of Ukraine do not participate in hostilities for the most part. Only battalions of Ukrainian Nazis offer fierce resistance.

Moreover, in advance, the Security Service of Ukraine infiltrated into the regular military units of the Ukrainian armed forces groups of notorious nationalists numbering 25-30 people who underwent special training.

Nationalists identify unreliable among Ukrainian servicemen. And if the commanders of the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine decide to withdraw from the occupied lines, they act as barrage detachments.

In some directions, they blow up bridges to exclude the possibility of retreat of military units and units of the Ukrainian armed forces.
More than one case of lynching and reprisals by nationalists over conscripts who do not want to fight to intimidate the personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has been recorded. Ukrainian servicemen who laid down their arms say this.

At the moment, the units of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have completed blocking the city of Chernihiv.
Russian servicemen are taking all measures to prevent casualties among the civilian population.
On February 24, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation carried out a successful landing operation in the area of ​​the Gostomel airfield in the suburbs of Kiev.

More than 200 Russian helicopters were involved in the operation. The success of the landing was ensured by the suppression of the entire air defense system in the landing area, the complete isolation of the combat area from the air and the active conduct of electronic warfare.

During the capture of the airfield, more than 200 nationalists from the special units of Ukraine were destroyed.

There are no casualties in the Russian Armed Forces.
At present, the main forces of the airborne troops have connected with the units of the Russian landing at the Gostomel airfield, blocking the city of Kiev from the west.

The units of the Russian Armed Forces continue to perform tasks in the area of ​​Kiev and other cities, showing courage and heroism.
At present, intelligence data show that installations of Grad multiple launch rocket systems have been deployed on Shevchenko Square in Kiev to strike at the Gostomel airfield.

Pentagon and CIA advisers taught the Ukrainian military leadership how to place rocket artillery systems in residential areas to provoke return fire on local residents.

The use by the Kiev regime of residential areas to cover the firing positions of its artillery is a war crime.
This underline is familiar to us. These techniques are actively used by terrorists supervised by the CIA in the Middle East and other countries.

I appeal to Ukrainian citizens.

Your nationalist leadership uses the same methods as the terrorists. They want to use you as a human shield.
The Russian armed forces will not inflict any strikes on residential areas of the Ukrainian capital.” 

I appeal to Ukrainian citizens:Briefing by the official,Russian Ministry of Defense, M.G Konashenkov