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Russia’s Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu accused the “collective West” of turning Ukraine into a “tool of strategic strike” against Russia through “colour revolutions”. According to Shoigu, this strategy has failed. Speaking at a meeting of the secretaries of the CIS security councils in Moscow, Shoigu said that the West sought to inflict a “strategic defeat” on Russia using Ukraine as an instrument, but, in his opinion, these efforts failed. This was reported by TASS.
Accusations of “nuclear terrorism” by Ukraine
Shoigu also accused Ukraine of “nuclear terrorism”, claiming that Kyiv’s aggression in the Kursk region was aimed at seizing the Kursk nuclear power plant. “This is an act of nuclear terrorism,” he said. According to Shoigu, Ukrainian troops have repeatedly attacked the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant and related infrastructure, which he believes is also an attempt to commit nuclear terrorism. “The Kyiv regime has turned into a dangerous terrorist, which, unlike international terrorist networks, has its own industrial base and controlled territory,” Shoigu said.
The multipolar world and the “loss” of leadership by the West
Shoigu also stated that the world is moving towards multipolarity. He stressed that the BRICS summit held in Kazan laid the foundations for a “fair multipolar world order” based on “the inviolability of security and the sovereign right of states to choose their own path of development”. In his view, this is the opposite of the West’s approach, which is losing economic, political and moral leadership.
“The countries of the collective West are actually living in debt,” Shoigu said, stressing that more and more countries are abandoning the dollar and euro as instruments of accumulation and mutual settlements. He added that this development is not in the interests of Western elites, but, according to Shoigu, it is a reality to which he believes we will have to adapt.
With his statements, Shoigu reflected the growing deterioration in relations between Russia and the West, which continues to threaten global stability amid ongoing hostilities in Ukraine and rising tensions over nuclear security.
