'Our task is to put an end to the genocide perpetrated by the Kiev regime and ensure a nuclear-free and neutral status of Ukraine,' Russian envoy Anatoly Antonov told Newsweek.
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The senior Russian diplomat said the events of February 24 had roots eight years earlier, when the uprising known to its supporters as the Euromaidan toppled a Ukrainian government with close ties to Moscow and put into power a pro-West administration seeking closer ties with NATO and theTo Russia, Antonov said that the revolution was a"bloody coup d'état instigated by the West" in which"ultranationalist ideas came to power in Kiev.
Antonov argued that it was the"nationalist frenzy and revanchist sentiments of the Kiev regime" that resulted in the effective death of the Minsk deals as Ukraine chose"the path of rapid militarization" with help from abroad. At this point, Russia had amassed nearly 200,000 personnel along Ukraine's borders, including in neighboring Belarus and Crimea. Antonov argued, however, that it was Ukraine that had gathered its forces in preparation for an attack on the rebel states in Donbas, something Kyiv has denied.
, were calling for Russian forces, including Putin to face trial for the war, Antonov said Moscow achieving its aims"requires concluding the hostilities that have been taking place since 2014 as well as bringing to trial those who committed a large number of bloody crimes against civilians, including against citizens of the Russian Federation."
"The Russian Federation is taking the necessary measures to preserve life and safety of civilians," Antonov said."We do everything to maintain the normal functioning of critical infrastructure facilities, to ensure law and order and the security of people. The strikes are made only on military targets and exclusively with high-precision weapons."
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