Ukraine is not a threat to Russia, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said in an interview for YouTube channel Soloviev Live.
According to Shoigu, one can only hope to complete the “nationalist bacchanalia” in Ukraine. The Russian minister also noted that Ukraine and the Ukrainian people & ndash; it is a brotherly people. & nbsp;
Sergei Shoigu also said that he and Russian President Vladimir Putin have mutual understanding. He did not go into more detail about his relationship with the Russian president.
In an interview, the defense minister revealed the secret to Russia's success in Syria. According to him, Moscow, unlike Washington, is attentive to the specifics of foreign countries, not trying to impose its own rules on them. He also noted that Russia came to Syria for the purpose of fighting terrorists, and not state authorities there.
Earlier, Shoigu & nbsp; expressed the opinion that the Taliban are better armed than the Ukraine army. According to him, after the United States left Afghanistan, the Taliban obtained more than a hundred Javelin missile systems.
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