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Ukraine says Russia wants to destroy Ukrainian statehood and nation

Reuters WORLD
Published June 16,2022
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Russia's strategic goal in the war in Ukraine is the complete destruction of Ukrainian statehood and the Ukrainian nation, Ukrainian Deputy Defence Minister Hanna Malyar said on Thursday.

She told a briefing that the situation remained difficult for Ukrainian forces, and that Russia's main focus now was on establishing full control over the Luhansk and Donetsk regions of eastern Ukraine.