Russian ambassador to Japan Mikhail Galuzin repeated claims that Russia would "denazify" Ukraine.
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Russia’s ambassador to Japan held a protracted query and reply session with reporters in English Friday, the place he claimed that his nation didn't intend to occupy Ukraine.
Mikhail Galuzin stated Russia was defending itself in opposition to NATO enlargement in Japanese Europe whereas in search of to “demilitarize and denazify” its democratic neighbor to the west, repeating statements made by President Vladimir Putin in a pre-taped warfare declaration speech the day earlier than.
Galuzin repeated baseless claims of genocide in opposition to ethnic Russians within the contested Donbas area, and stated forces have been liberating them. He additionally accused Ukraine of “glorifying Nazi cooperationists,” as a substitute of “heroes who introduced an finish to Nazism,” referring to NATO nations and Russia respectively.
Air, land and sea assaults throughout the nation in areas removed from Donbas have been a part of attaining Russia’s safety objectives, Galuzin stated in response to a reporter’s query on the International Correspondents Membership of Japan in Tokyo.
Galuzin claimed Russia was solely attacking navy targets in Ukraine, not civilians, and stated it was as much as the individuals of the nation to “selected their future.”
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The ambassador refuted characterizations of Russia’s invasion as “warfare,” calling it a “particular operation,” as he repeated speaking factors concerning the want for the invasion whereas blaming Ukraine for violating a 2014 peace settlement in Donbas. He additionally slammed widespread worldwide sanctions imposed on Moscow, saying they have been “very harmful for the worldwide order primarily based on the UN constitution.”
Galuzin decried the US and stated its NATO allies now not had the “alleged proper to resolve concerning the worldwide order.”
“This time has already handed as a result of new facilities of political financial and navy energy are rising,” the diplomat stated.
“The world has modified and altered dramatically and there can be no scenario within the foreseeable future the place america might make a unilateral choice on this or that subject.”
When requested what Putin’s finish aim in Ukraine was, or if he had plans to invade different nations, the ambassador answered not directly, saying the authoritarian chief’s mission was “not accomplished but.”
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