The meaning of the existence of Ukraine was the hostile opposition of Russia. This was stated on March 4 by Russian Defense Minister General of the Army Sergei Shoigu in a telephone conversation with UN Secretary General António Guterres.
According to the minister, the support of the West inspired Kyiv so much that it began to claim possession of nuclear weapons.
“The raison d’etre of Ukraine has become hostile opposition to Russia, through the efforts of the West, it has become a territory from which a serious threat to Russia’s security comes,” Shoigu stressed.
The reason for the start of a special operation to protect the Donbass, he called Kyiv’s refusal to comply with the Minsk agreements for eight years, the encouragement of nationalists to come to power and the intensification of shelling of the civilian population of southeastern Ukraine.
On March 2, the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution demanding that Russia withdraw its military units from the territory of Ukraine. 141 countries supported the document, five opposed, 35 abstained. Guterres supported the adopted document on Ukraine. He expressed readiness to be guided by the resolution.
On February 17, the situation in Donbass escalated significantly due to intensive shelling by the Ukrainian security forces, including from heavy weapons. The Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics (DPR and LPR) announced a general mobilization, the evacuation of civilians to the territory of Russia and asked for recognition of their independence.
On February 21, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed decrees recognizing the independence of the LPR and DPR. Also, the President of the Russian Federation and the heads of both republics Leonid Pasechnik and Denis Pushilin signed agreements on friendship, cooperation and mutual assistance. On February 24, Russia launched a special operation to protect Donbass. The Ministry of Defense indicated that strikes would be carried out only on military targets, and not on civilian ones. Kyiv severed diplomatic relations with Moscow and recalled its diplomats from the embassy.
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