Roger Stone: Russia is 'Acting Defensively' in Ukrainian Conflict
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Russia started its military operation in Ukraine on 24 February to "demilitarise and de-Nazify" the country. Moscow has also indicated that Russian troops do not pose a threat to civilians, targeting only Ukraine's military infrastructure.
US conservative politician and long-time Trump ally Roger Stone has said that Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a military operation in Ukraine for defensive reasons.
In an interview with
Real America's Voice, Stone elaborated on the ongoing armed conflict in Ukraine and shared his opinion on the
US-funded biolabs found there. According to the Russian Defence Ministry, these labs were aimed at creating biowarfare weapons and studied the spread of dangerous pathogens - something that Washington has denied.
"There are, in fact, biolabs there funded by our tax dollars cooking up who knows what pestilence to dump on the Russian people", Stone asserted.
According to him, "Ukraine is not even remotely about what they're telling us".
"Putin is acting defensively", Stone continued. "He is not acting offensively. But you won't read that in the mainstream media".
In a push to "punish" Russia for launching the military operation in Ukraine, the West has imposed harsh sanctions targeting Russia's economy, businesses, culture, sports, and media outlets. The West condemns the operation and calls it an "invasion".
Russia, for its part, has said that the goal of the military operation is to "
demilitarise and de-Nazify" Ukraine following calls for help from the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics. Moscow said that Russian troops exclusively target Ukraine's military infrastructure and do not pose a threat to civilians.
The military operation, according to Russian President Vladimir Putin, was a "tough" decision that was made following weeks of demanding security guarantees from the US and NATO. The latter, however, has repeatedly dismissed Moscow's calls for non-expansion eastward, citing its open-door policy.
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Situation in Ukraine
On 24 February, Russia launched a special military operation amid Kiev's ongoing shelling of the DPR and LPR. President Vladimir Putin stated that the op is meant to protect the people of Donbass, and its goal is the complete demilitarisation and denazification of Ukraine.
Video Allegedly Showing Ukrainian MLRS Stationed Near Now-Destroyed Mall in Kiev Circulates Online
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Russia has repeatedly condemned the Ukrainian Armed Forces for deploying artillery and Multiple Launch Rocket Systems (MLRS) in densely populated areas of cities. Moscow said that by doing so, Kiev tries to draw Russian fire onto its own citizens in order to later accuse Russia of targeting them.
The Retroville shopping mall in Kiev, which was destroyed last night, was
allegedly hosting Ukrainian Multiple Launch Rocket Systems (MLRS) firing on Russian positions. Several videos making the rounds on social media purportedly show Ukrainian artillery moving in the vicinity of the shopping mall.
One video allegedly depicts at least one Ukrainian MLRS firing from what looks like the mall's parking lot, located near a civilian apartment building.
Additionally, a photo distributed via Twitter shows what appears to be the now-destroyed mall serving as a temporary garage for Grad MLRS (NATO reporting name M1964).
Russia has repeatedly condemned tactics used by the Ukrainian military and nationalist battalions to deploy their artillery and MLRS units in areas densely populated by civilians. Moscow has alleged that this is done to provoke Russian forces into attacking civilian objects and then blame the casualties on Moscow.
The Russian Defence Ministry has stressed on several occasions that Russia's Armed Forces do everything in their power to avoid hitting civilian infrastructure and avoid casualties among ordinary Ukrainians. Moscow and Kiev negotiated the establishment of humanitarian corridors to evacuate civilians from several cities, but Russian forces reported that in some areas, local nationalist battalions prevent people from leaving cities via the corridors and instead use them as human shields.
President Vladimir Putin ordered to start the special military operation in Ukraine on 24 February following a request from the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR) to protect them from attacks by Ukrainian forces. Putin said that the main goals of the mission are the demilitarisation and de-Nazification of Ukraine.
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