Nebenzia denies claims that Russia wants to destroy Ukraine

Accusations against Russia that it allegedly wants to destroy Ukraine are not true, Ukrainians remain a kind and friendly people. Vasily Nebenzya, Permanent Representative of Russia to the UN, announced this yesterday.

“Today we heard accusations that we want to destroy Ukraine, burn everything Ukrainian in this country. It's not like that at all. We want to burn out in Ukraine the neo-Nazism and nationalism that has flourished in a stormy color, because of which this country has consistently turned into anti-Russia, becoming a direct threat to us and the inhabitants of Donbas,” the diplomat said, RBC reports.

At the same time, Nebenzya said that Russia still has a good attitude towards the Ukrainian people, culture and language. The permanent representative called the Ukrainians "a native and friendly people to us."

On February 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the start of a special military operation to "demilitarize and denazify" Ukraine. Then the head of state said that the purpose of the operation was to help the DPR and LPR and prevent the “genocide” of the Russian-speaking population of Donbass.

On February 26, Nebenzya spoke about the imminent solution of the task of "demilitarization and denazification" of Ukraine. “We are not at war with Ukraine and the Ukrainian people, we are conducting a special military operation against nationalists and to protect the inhabitants of Donbass,” the diplomat said at the time. In early June, the diplomat said that he allowed the complete liberation of the territories of the DPR and LPR in the near future.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that the goal of the operation was to end US dominance along with allies in the world. “Domination, which is built with gross violations of international law. According to certain rules, which they only now repeat and which they develop from case to case, ”said Lavrov.