“In fact, NATO countries are parties to the conflict. They have made Ukraine a big military camp. They send arms and ammunition to Ukrainian troops, provide them with intelligence, including with the help of a constellation of satellites and a significant number of unmanned aircraft, NATO instructors and advisers train the Ukrainian army, and mercenaries fight in neo-Nazi battalions,” Patrushev said.
According to him, the West will not stop this conflict until Russia is defeated.
“Trying to prolong this military confrontation as long as possible, they do not hide their main goal – the defeat of Russia on the battlefield and its subsequent dismemberment,” Patrushev said.
Read the full version of the interview at 4:30 p.m. on the RG.RU website.