How Russia defends its “special military operation” at the UN: They wanted to destroy Russian culture / Russophobia has now spread throughout Europe

Russia was forced to launch “a special military operation” in Ukraine four years ago as a result of the Ukrainian nationalist government “trying to destroy everything related to Russian history and culture,” Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Dmitry Lyubinsky said on Tuesday.

In an intervention before the UN Human Rights Council, on the day that marks four years since the invasion of Ukraine, Liubinski insisted that, in fact, “the nationalist government in Kiev started a war against its own people”, reports Agerpres.

The Russian official added that “Russophobia” had spread across Europe, which, he warned, was producing “new spirals of xenophobia and discrimination”.

“We cannot close our eyes when human rights violations take place in Ukraine, in the Baltic States, in the Republic of Moldova and in many Western countries,” said the Russian Deputy Foreign Minister, who asserted that there is “historical revisionism” in Europe.

“Europe, which suffered so many losses during the Second World War, today defends historical aggression, destroys memorials and commemoration centers that honor those who fought against the Nazis,” Liubinski claimed.

He also argued that international sanctions, as a pressure measure to impose ideas, “ultimately do not benefit anyone and end up undermining the economic and political stability of those who impose them.”

Russia was excluded from the UN Human Rights Council in 2022 due to the invasion of Ukraine, although it can participate as an observer member in debates, but without the right to vote or present resolutions.