OREANDA-NEWS. Russia is not going to artificially delay the special operation in Ukraine, Andrey Klimov, deputy chairman of the Federation Council committee on international affairs, said, RIA Novosti reported. According to him, the Russian side intends to use every opportunity to resolve the conflict by political and diplomatic methods.

Russia is not going to artificially delay the operation, and if there is an opportunity to complete it in a political-diplomatic way, if there is such a chance, it should not be missed and it is necessary to move from a military option to a political-diplomatic one as soon as possible, the senator said.

He believes that if this does not happen, then it will be "completely on the conscience of the other side."

Earlier, RIA Novosti, citing its source, reported that the United States plans to send former servicemen of the Afghan National Army to Ukraine. Washington plans to send a group of about 400 people to the places of hostilities. At the same time, American weapons will be issued to the military.

Currently, Russia is conducting a special operation to denazify and demilitarize Ukraine. On February 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced its beginning in a televised address. The head of state called the goal of the operation "the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years." As explained in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, the Russian army delivers precision strikes on military infrastructure facilities of Ukraine and its troops.