Sucre 25 February

Commenting on the war between Russia and Ukraine, former President Evo Morales of Bolivia said, "War is never a solution. We are representatives of the culture of peace.

Bolivia is a peaceful and anti - imperialist country and we condemn the American intervention to push two states into a clash. Russia and Ukraine. Europe cannot become the scene of the United States against sovereign States. "

Morales asserted that, with its intervention, the United States had pushed Russia and Ukraine to clash.

Russian President Vladimir Putin announced Thursday dawn the launch of a special military operation to protect Donbass in south-eastern Ukraine.

President Putin stressed that Russia would work to disarm Ukraine, prevent national intolerance in Ukraine and bring to justice the perpetrators of bloody crimes against civilians, including citizens of the Federal Republic of Russia.

The Russian Ministry of Defence declared that "the Russian army has not directed any missile, air or artillery strikes on Ukrainian cities," and that Russian forces have struck military infrastructure, air defence installations, military airfields and Ukrainian aviation with high-precision weapons.

The Ministry asserted that "civilians are not in danger," that "Ukrainian border guards show no resistance, and that Ukrainian air defence systems have been completely destroyed."