22 November 2022 at 09:01 Russia: Ukrainian regime change is no longer a goal Russia says it no longer has a goal to replace the government in Ukraine, which was a stated goal when the war started. – It is not our goal that the special operation should change the government in Ukraine, says Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, according to Sky News. Russian authorities have always denied that the invasion of Ukraine is a war and instead call it a special military operation. When Russian forces entered Ukraine in February, they said outright that they wanted to install their own regime in the neighboring country. That contributed to fears for Volodymyr Zelenskyi’s life, but the Ukrainian president has continued to stay in the Ukrainian capital. Other stated Russian goals are to help Russian speakers in the Donbas region and fight against what they refer to as an “anti-Russian enclave”. (NTB)
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