One of President Vladimir Putin’s closest allies said Monday that Russia will achieve its goals in the conflict in Ukraine on its own terms, accusing the West of a long-term plan to destroy Russia.

Former President of Russia Dmitry MedvedevPhoto: Loic VENANCE / AFP / Profimedia

“Russia is carrying out a special military operation in Ukraine and achieving peace on our terms,” ​​former Russian President Dmytro Medvedev, who is the deputy chairman of Russia’s Security Council, said in an interview with TASS.

Medvedev called the 2008 war in Georgia, the expansion of NATO’s military alliance to the west and the war in Ukraine part of an attempt by the United States and its allies to destroy Russia.

“There is only one goal: the destruction of Russia,” he said, TASS quotes.

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