He added that Ukraine tried to get NATO "NATO" to Russia’s border, which Moscow viewed as an existential threat "We defend, we don’t attack".
Slutsky stressed that Moscow is moving through the current military operations in order to defend its national security, in light of the risks it faces, due to "Kyiv practices"not for the sake of dismantling the political system in Ukraine.
. added "For eight years, we have been witnessing Ukraine attacking the Russian provinces of Luhansk and other regions, and these strikes are hitting Russian infrastructure.".
Slutsky accused the Ukrainian army of striking civilian targets, saying that Russian military operations are aimed at "Save an entire people being oppressed".
The Russian legislator renewed the accusation of Ukraine of suppressing those who speak Russian in the Donbass region. Is it strong military equipment to be dealt with in this way?".
Slutsky added that the strikes launched by Russia On Monday, a number of regions of Ukraine were in response to Ukrainian attacks on the bridge linking the Russian mainland with Crimea.
When launching Russian military operations in Ukraine, Moscow said that its goal is to disarm Ukraine and rid the country of what it described as"Nazism".
At the beginning of the war, the Russian army tried to approach the capital, Kyiv, and advanced to its outskirts, and it was said at the time that it was seeking to change the political system, but it confronted it with"resistance" forced him to withdraw.
In a second phase of the war, Russia decided to focus on areas in eastern and southern Ukraine, and the capital, Kyiv, became safer, so that foreign embassies reopened their doors, especially the American embassy.
but "bridge attack" What happened, recently, was a milestone, according to experts, because it forced Russia to expand the scope of the attack, in order to respond to the Ukrainian army, which seems to have benefited from concentrating its combat operations in specific points from the east and south.
Russian reply
Russia rained cruise missiles on Ukrainian cities today, Monday, in its largest-scale air attack since the start of the war, cutting off electricity and heating in large areas, which the United States described "horrible blows".
The missiles hit major road junctions, parks and tourist sites in the city center of Kyiv heavily.
Explosions were also reported in Lviv, Ternopil and Zhytomyr in western Ukraine, Dnipro and Kremenchug in the center of the country, Zaporizhia in the south, and Kharkiv in the east.
Ukrainian officials said at least 10 people were killed and dozens wounded, and power was cut off in large swathes of the country.
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The Russian official mentioned that his country launched military operation In Ukraine last February, in a statement to “Sky News Arabia”, that “the Ukrainian regime is seeking to obtain weapons of mass destruction.”
He added that Ukraine tried to bring the North Atlantic Treaty Organization “NATO” to the borders bordering Russia, which Moscow viewed as an existential threat to it, “We defend, not attack.”
Slutsky stressed that Moscow is moving through the current military operations in order to defend its national security, in light of the dangers facing it, due to “Kyiv’s practices”, and not for the sake of dismantling the political system in Ukraine.
“For eight years, we have been witnessing Ukraine’s attack on the Russian regions of Lugansk and other regions, and these strikes hit the Russian infrastructure,” he added.
Slutsky accused the Ukrainian army of striking civilian targets, saying that Russia’s military operations were aimed at “saving an entire oppressed people”.
The Russian legislator reiterated the accusation of Ukraine of suppressing those who speak Russian in the Donbass region. Is it strong military equipment to be dealt with in this way?
Slutsky added that the strikes launched by Russia On Monday, a number of regions of Ukraine were in response to Ukrainian attacks on the bridge linking the Russian mainland with Crimea.
When launching Russian military operations in Ukraine, Moscow said its goal was to disarm Ukraine and rid the country of what it described as “Nazism”.
At the beginning of the war, the Russian army tried to approach the capital, Kyiv, and advanced to its outskirts, and it was said at the time that it was seeking to change the political system, but it met it with “resistance” that forced it to withdraw.
In a second phase of the war, Russia decided to focus on areas in eastern and southern Ukraine, and the capital, Kyiv, became safer, so that foreign embassies reopened their doors, especially the American embassy.
But the recent “bridge attack” marked a milestone, according to experts, because it forced Russia to expand the scope of the attack, in order to respond to the Ukrainian army, which seems to have benefited from concentrating its combat operations in specific points from the east and south.
Russian reply
Russia rained cruise missiles on Ukrainian cities on Monday in its largest-scale air attack since the start of the war, cutting off electricity and heating in large areas, which the United States described as “terrible strikes”.
The missiles hit major road junctions, parks and tourist sites in the city center of Kyiv heavily.
Explosions were also reported in Lviv, Ternopil and Zhytomyr in western Ukraine, Dnipro and Kremenchug in the center of the country, Zaporizhia in the south, and Kharkiv in the east.
Ukrainian officials said at least 10 people were killed and dozens wounded, and power was cut off in large swathes of the country.
