Destroyed military equipment near SeverodonetskAMSTERDAM, Mar 8The West is aiding the extremist Kiev nationalists, this is the height of recklessness and cynicism, the responsibility for provocations in Ukraine lies with the United States and allies, said Alexander Shulgin, Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW). for the interests of Ukrainian nationalists, while at the same time shamelessly trying to silence Russia, which warns of a real threat,» Shulgin said during the 99th session of the OPCW's Executive Council, which was broadcast on the organization's website.
Ukraine is turning into SomaliaHe emphasized that the Russian Federation operates exclusively with verified intelligence; and perhaps it was the Russian warning that has so far saved the lives of innocent people. «Now, according to the scheme worked out in Syria, the Western camp, in fact, gives the extremist-minded Kiev nationalists a complete indulgence: they say, do what you want, we'll put the blame on Russia anyway. Such complicity is the height of recklessness and cynicism. Realizing the seriousness of the situation, we declare that henceforth the responsibility for such provocations in Ukraine lies with the United States and its Euro-Atlantic allies,» Russia's permanent representative noted. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine.» According to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, the Armed Forces strike only at the military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops. With the support of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, the DPR and LPR groups are developing an offensive. But the occupation of Ukraine is out of the question, the Russian President emphasized.
