Western Puppeteers Solely Benefit From Bloodshed Between Russians, Ukrainians – Leonid Pasechnik

Western political circles are the ones who benefit from Ukrainians and Russians killing each other, the leader of the Lugansk People’s Republic told TASS on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum on Thursday.

“I think representatives of Western countries, the so-called curators of the Ukrainian government, are clearly the sole beneficiaries of the situation,” Leonid Pasechnik said.

He urged Kiev to lay down arms, demilitarize, denazify and stop posing threats to the entire Russian society, and said it was useless for Ukrainian troops to offer resistance.

“Any resistance is useless. <…> We will definitely attain the goals set by the Russian president as part of the special military operation to demilitarize and denazify Ukraine. We will do that. So why all these senseless killings?” he concluded.

On February 21, President Vladimir Putin recognized the sovereignty of the Donetsk People’s Republic and the LPR, and treaties on friendship, cooperation and mutual assistance were signed with the two Donbass republics. On February 24, Putin launched a special military operation in Ukraine in response to a request from their leaders.