Russian military serviceman. Archival photoMOSCOW, June 3For a certain period, Russia could not do without a special operation in Ukraine, although a peaceful scenario was possible, but the destructive position of NATO did not allow the countries to agree, said Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev “I’ll say briefly first: from a certain period, no, I couldn’t. For the time being, a peaceful scenario was certainly possible,” Medvedev said in an interview with Al Jazeera. He recalled the events of 2014 and the Minsk agreements, which They remained on paper.» A huge role in the fact that this did not happen was played by those who, in fact, imposed their point of view on Ukraine. I will tell you straight out who they are. These are the United States of America, European countries and the North Atlantic Alliance as a whole . If it were not for his destructive position, then it would have been possible to reach an agreement,” Medvedev added. proposals about security guarantees, there was no answer. «But you and I understand that for us this is a direct and obvious threat. The presence of foreign bases, NATO bases on the borders with the Russian Federation, where strike missile systems would be located, is just a complete revolution in security issues. This would create an absolutely unacceptable nature of threats for us. We also talked about this many times. Perhaps the last straw that influenced the final decisions was the proclamation by Ukraine of the desire to regain nuclear weapons. Well, listen, in such conditions, our country had to provide itself with the necessary level of security. That is why the President of the country decided to conduct a special military operation,» he explained. reduced to a minimum
