Patrushev called the goal of Russia’s special operation in Ukraine to protect people from genocide

Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Nikolai Patrushev said that Moscow does not aim in its special military operation in Ukraine to overthrow the Ukrainian authorities, as they are trying to present in the West. He called the purpose of the special operation to protect people from genocide.

“The goal of our special operation in Ukraine is not the change of the Kiev regime, as they are trying to present in the West, but the protection of people from genocide, the demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine,” said the Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation at talks with his Algerian counterpart Nureddin Makri in Moscow.

According to him, Russia’s special military operation in Ukraine was a timely and pre-emptive measure. “The ongoing special military operation was only a response