Xinhua News Agency, Moscow, May 1 (Reporter Huadi) According to the news released on the website of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the 1st, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that Russia will not rush to artificially end the war in Ukraine before the victory of the Great Patriotic War on May 9. special military operations.
In an interview with the media and asked if the conflict between Russia and Ukraine will end by May 9, Lavrov said that Russia will not artificially end special military operations in Ukraine before a certain date, including May 9, Victory Day. .
Russia will, as always, celebrate this holiday with great grandeur.
Lavrov said the progress of the special military operation in Ukraine depended above all on "the risk to civilians and Russian personnel must be minimized".
In addition, Lavrov said that Russia is not asking Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to surrender, but rather that he order the release of all civilians and stop resistance.
Russia's goal "does not include regime change in Ukraine."
According to Russian media reports, as May 9, the Victory Day of the Great Patriotic War in Russia approaches, the rehearsal of the Victory Day parade on Red Square is intensifying.
On May 9, military parades commemorating the 77th anniversary of the victory of the Great Patriotic War will be held in 28 cities in Russia.
By then, 379 towns will hold parades.
At 22:00 on the same day, gun salutes and fireworks will be fired in various places.