Russia's special military operation in Ukraine is going according to plan, said Sergey Lavrov, Russian Foreign Minister in an iterview with French TV channel "TF1", APA reports.
The Minister stressed that Russia protects the Russian language and Ukraine from Nazism, people who have been directly discriminated against and harassed by former and current presidents of Ukraine. As for the operation itself, it is going according to plan, "Lavrov said.
He added that the West had never listened to Russia's calls for Ukraine to fulfill its international obligations.