‘Goal is destruction of Ukraine’: ex-defence minister warns west of Putin’s aim

Oleksii Reznikov urges unity against Russia ‘to save this world from catastrophe of world war III’

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Ukraine’s former defence minister has warned his western counterparts that negotiations with Moscow will not bring peace, and that Vladimir Putin remains determined to destroy Ukraine entirely and to “assimilate” its citizens into the Russian Federation.

In an article for the Guardian, Oleksii Reznikov says any “deal” with the Kremlin would not end the conflict. “Russia demands the recognition of the occupied territories of Ukraine as its territory in exchange for the end of the war,” he writes.

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