Moscow-Sana
Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev stressed today that the authorities of the Kyiv regime and its fanatic circles pose a threat to Russia's national security.
"The Ukrainians are not enemies of Russia, but the fanatical nationalists in power who pose a threat to our security and the security of a large number of people in the Donbass," RIA Novosti quoted Medvedev as saying in a meeting with veterans of the Great Patriotic War, noting that in recent decades no one wanted to Listening to Russia's concerns about NATO expansion, the Ukrainian leadership refused to resolve the conflict in Donbass.
Medvedev added: Whoever thinks that Crimea is not Russian poses a systematic threat to Russia.
On the Russian special military operation in Ukraine, Medvedev said, "It was a really forced decision," stressing the existence of the right of self-defense for countries to launch preventive strikes when the country's security is threatened.
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