OREANDA-NEWS  Russian President Vladimir Putin takes a resolute and thoughtful position on the issue of the special operation. This was stated by his press secretary Dmitry Peskov, RIA Novosti reports.

"You know that President Putin always takes a very decisive, thoughtful and responsible position," the spokesman said, answering a question from reporters about Putin's refusal to strike "from the Hazel Grove at Bankova."

Earlier, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko said that Putin was offered to hit the Oreshnik medium-range ballistic missile system on Bankovaya Street in Kiev, where the office of the president of Ukraine is located, but the Russian leader refused this.