Russia still wants to destroy Ukraine and its political leadership - Danilov

According to the NSDC Secretary, Ukraine is a outpost of Europe, protecting the whole continent from the "new fascist invasion of the 21st century". Despite the situation on the front, the Kremlin did not abandon its strategic goals set at the beginning of a full-scale invasion-the destruction of Ukraine as a state and the liquidation of the military-political leadership of our country.

This was stated in an interview with the Left Bank by Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Alexei Danilov. According to him, from the first day of a full -scale invasion of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue to observe the strategic goals set by the Kremlin. Danilov claims that Russia, while conducting military aggression, wants to destroy Ukraine as a state and eliminate the military-political leadership of our country.

In communication with journalists, the NSDC Secretary stressed that the Ukrainian Armed Forces are currently defending Europe from the "new fascist invasion of the 21st century". Therefore, in this context, according to Danilov, one cannot say that there is a war only between Ukraine and Russia. "We are a outpost of Europe. When we were not given timely weapons, though we said, help, because we would stand," we did not believe.

If we did not stand for our country, the likelihood that tanks would, say, in Warsaw, Prague, Tallinn, Vilnius, would be quite large. Today we protect the whole of Europe from this new fascist invasion of the 21st century, " - continued Danilov in communication with journalists. The NSDC Secretary claims that Russia has started special operation against Ukraine not in 2022 and not in 2014.

According to Danilov, the Kremlin made the first attempt at destruction Our country during the Orange Revolution, demanding from the Verkhovna Rada to adopt a bill on changing the Constitution. More not only Ukrainian but Western politicians participated in this process, including the former Chancellor Gerhard Schreoder. "And then on February 21, 2014. . . This is a big problem.

And when they could not break us this way, they went to break the military way, "Danilov summarized in an interview with the publication. It is worth noting that during a recent interview with the Polish newspaper Wyborcza, Alexei Danilov touched the topic of preparation of Ukraine for the active phase of war. According to him, the team of President Vladimir Zelensky was preparing for a full -scale invasion of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation since 2019.