Russian President Vladimir Putin is bent on destroying Ukraine but there is no major risk of an imminent invasion, a senior Ukrainian security official says
The West has long accused the Kremlin of providing direct military support to pro-Russian separatists, who carved out two statelets in eastern Ukraine after 2014.
Oleksiy Danilov, Secretary of the National Security and Defence Council, said on Friday that talk of Moscow's invasion could destabilise Ukraine and play into Putin's hands."Our citizens will protect our country," he said, adding that both the army and civilians will form a broad national "resistance" movement if Russia attacks.
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