VIENNA, October 1. /TASS/. Russia’s special military operation in Ukraine will continue until the complete military collapse of the Kiev regime unless European countries stop obstructing efforts to achieve peace, Russian Permanent Representative to the OSCE Dmitry Polyansky said.

"The special military operation will continue until Europe’s 'party of war' is sidelined and European elites stop obstructing efforts to achieve genuine peace. Or until the complete military collapse of the Kiev regime," he told a meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council, according to the text of his statement obtained by TASS.

The envoy said he considers the second scenario more likely "given the pace of the Russian troops’ advance and the destruction of the Ukrainian army’s military potential."