First Deputy Permanent Representative of Russia to the UN Dmitry Polyansky said that the Russian Federation does not intend to destroy the state on the territory of Ukraine. The broadcast of his speech was held in his home. telegraph channel.
“I’ve never heard any of our leaders, who are the target of a special military operation, say that we are not interested in the Ukrainian state, that we are not interested in protecting Ukraine,” he said.
According to Polyansky, Western “oppositions” are trying to show that the purpose of special operations is the destruction and Russification of Ukraine, but as the diplomat emphasized, this is not true.
Former Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine Oleksiy Danilov declarationThe Armed Forces of Ukraine, if necessary, will invade the territory of Russia to protect their country. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has repeatedly stated that his country is not interested in attacking the territory of the Russian Federation, but only in restoring its own borders.