Patrushev called the special operation a pretext for an anti-Russian campaign

Nikolai Patrushev

The West unleashed a hybrid war against Russia, and a special military operation in Ukraine is used only as a pretext for an anti-Russian campaign, Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev believes at the 17th meeting of the secretaries of security councils of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) member states.

“The special military operation launched by our country in Ukraine is used only as a pretext for launching an unprecedented global anti-Russian campaign,” Patrushev said (quoted by TASS).

Reuters learned the reasons for the reluctance of the West to propose measures against Russia Politics

According to Patrushev, Moscow's proposals "on the formation of long-term legally binding security guarantees were rejected." “Instead of looking for mutually acceptable ways to dialogue, attempts are being made to isolate Russia in the international arena, illegitimate sanctions are being introduced,” the Security Council Secretary said.

Earlier, Patrushev called the military operation forced. He argued that "the spread of neo-Nazism in Ukraine, the functioning on its territory of biological laboratories involved in the US military biological program , as well as the plans announced by the Kiev authorities to create nuclear weapons and join NATO" created threats to the security of not only Russia, but the whole world. .

At the same time, the secretary of the Security Council called the neutral status of Ukraine, “denazification”, as well as the prevention of “genocide” of the inhabitants of Donbass, as the goal of the special operation.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the start of a special military operation on February 24. After that, Western countries imposed sanctions against Russian individuals and legal entities. The sanctions list includes, among others, Vladimir Putin and Nikolai Patrushev. Industrial sanctions affected Russian energy resources, as well as export restrictions in the field of technology and defense.