No clear timeframe of 'special operation' in Ukraine: Russia

There are no clear timeframes of the "special operation" in Ukraine, the Kremlin spokesman said Monday.

The "special operation" in Ukraine will end when all its goals are achieved, Dmitry Peskov said in an interview with Iran's state broadcaster referring to the ongoing war.

Peskov also claimed that the Russian army acts "very carefully, using high-precision weapons" in Ukraine, excluding any attacks on civilian infrastructure.

Speaking on the sanctions against Russia and Iran, Peskov said this is the "price that Russia and Iran pay for their independence and sovereignty."

"What doesn't kill you, makes you stronger," he added.

The EU has slapped six sets of sanctions against Russia since the beginning of the country's war on Ukraine on Feb. 24.

Earlier, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that Europe is most affected with anti-Russian sanctions, while it is depleting its resources due to the supply of weapons to Ukraine.

On July 7, Russian President Vladimir Putin said "we haven't even yet started anything in earnest," hinting at a full-throttle attack in the future.

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Peskov underlined that Putin during his visit to Iran on Tuesday will meet with Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and President Ebrahim Raisi, as well as Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

"We hope that this will be a very rich dialogue," he said.

Erdoğan and Putin will attend the seventh trilateral summit meeting in Astana format to be hosted by the Iranian president.

Noting that the negotiations will include regional issues, Peskov said the leaders will be able to discuss bilateral relations at the meetings "primarily trade and economic ties with both Iran and Türkiye."

He went on to say that Moscow and Tehran may move away from measuring the volume of mutual trade in dollars, including in the banking sector.

Touching upon the current economic situation in Russia, the Kremlin spokesman told reporters that Putin did not cancel "ambitious development plans," however noted that there may be certain adjustments to the goals of national development, previously set by the president.

"Of course, the current situation (in the Russian economy) is complicated by an unfriendly environment, encircled by the collective West. But at the same time, it is much better than what the very collective West expected when it tried to blockade our economy, impose sanctions, and so on," he said.

He also confirmed that Russia will take part in the G20 summit, noting that the program of bilateral meetings of Putin as part of the event has not yet been worked out.