GROZNY, March 29. /TASS/. Head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov believes that the special military operation in Ukraine must not be stopped, adding that it must be completed and Kiev must be taken.

"I state that we must complete what we’ve started, that we must not stop. We must enter Kiev, and take Kiev. If we were stopped near Kiev, I am more than sure that we would have entered Kiev and established order there," Kadyrov said, speaking at a large-scale military rally Tuesday.

"It is one thing to establish order, but we are thrice as much obliged to eliminate these Nazis and Banderites. I’ve gathered you here today to tell all our enemies once again: we are not getting fewer in numbers, we are getting bigger. And our supporters become more and more!" Kadyrov said.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said in a televised address on February 24 that in response to a request by the heads of the Donbass republics he had made a decision to carry out a special military operation in order to protect people "who have been suffering from abuse and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years." The Russian leader stressed that Moscow had no plans of occupying Ukrainian territories, noting that the operation was aimed at the denazification and demilitarization of Ukraine.

The Russian Defense Ministry reassured that Russian troops are not targeting Ukrainian cities, but are limited to surgically striking and incapacitating Ukrainian military infrastructure. There are no threats whatsoever to the civilian population.