Kremlin says Russia made significant progress towards 'demilitarizing' Ukraine

The Kremlin has said that Russian forces had so far succeeded in making significant progress towards "demilitarizing" Ukraine, reaching Moscow's already planned objective.

Speaking at a news briefing on Friday, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov stressed that: "It can be stated that there is significant progress towards demilitarisation."

The spokesman's remarks came on the heels of previous comments by Russian President Vladimir Putin, who noted that Ukraine's defense potential was close to zero.

Upon the start of Russia's special operation in Ukraine in February, President Putin declared that Moscow’s objective was to demilitarize the pro-Russia regions in the eastern parts of the country.

Media reports indicate that Ukraine's military-industrial complex as well as its energy and transportation infrastructure have been badly knocked out and damaged.

However, the US, along with its Western allies, has compensated for these losses and has provided Ukraine with a raft of lethal military arms, fanning the flames of war. Till now, Pentagon has sent about $50 billion worth of weapons to the Kiev forces to fight against Russia.

Peskov told journalists earlier that US President Joe Biden’s meeting with his Ukrainian counterpart at the White House showed the US is waging a proxy war of “indirect fighting” against Russia down “to the last Ukrainian.”

He said providing Kiev with weapons will not prevent Russia from achieving its objectives in Ukraine.

“This leads to the fact that, unfortunately, the suffering of the Ukrainian people will continue longer than it could have,” he warned, adding that sending weapons would only lead to an "aggravation of the conflict" and did not "bode well for Ukraine."

MG