Peskov announced significant progress in the demilitarization of Ukraine

Russia has made significant progress towards demilitarization in Ukraine. This statement was made by the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov.

“It can be stated that there is significant progress on the path to demilitarization,” Peskov said.

On the eve of December 22, Russian President Vladimir Putin during a press conference said that the supply of Soviet equipment to Ukraine had almost come to an end. “The fact is that Ukraine receives weapons from the former Warsaw Pact countries, mostly of Soviet production. This is really close to exhaustion: there we practically knocked everything out, burned it out, ”- said is he.

On the same day, Chief of the General Staff of the RF Armed Forces Valery Gerasimov emphasizedthat the situation on the front line has been stabilized, the length of the contact line is 815 km. He added that at present the main efforts of the Russian troops are focused on the complete liberation of the DPR.

Russia’s special operation in Ukraine began on February 24. Russian President Vladimir Putin called the protection of the inhabitants of Donbass, as well as the demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine, its goals. During the special operation, Russian troops took full control of the LPR, as well as most of the DPR, Kherson and Zaporozhye regions. Subsequently, these territories became part of Russia, and on October 19 martial law was introduced in the regions.