US aims to weaken, destroy Russia: Russian Security Council secretary

Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev has sounded the alarm, warning Russian government officials that the United States wants to weaken and destroy Russia.

While Washington declares Russia “a source of instability”, it also fosters “anti-Russian alliances, builds up military strength, deploys NATO forces at our border,” Patrushev warned on Tuesday at a government meeting held in the city of Bryansk.

“The puppet Kiev regime, which took power through a coup that was supported by [the US and its closest allies], is being used as a battering ram against Russia,” Patrushev added, as quoted by TASS news agency. “The US goal is to weaken, disunite and ultimately destroy our nation.”

The top security official noted that the US officials will stop at nothing to achieve their “selfish goals” aimed at global supremacy and to do it the US is pushing the world “towards a global war” through policies that pit other nations against each other.

Patrushev also cited Ukrainian saboteurs, who could infiltrate the country, as another present threat to the nation. “Attempts to infiltrate Russian territory by members of radical and extremist structures, who seek to conduct sabotage activities and terrorist attacks, have significantly increased,” he warned.

He said transport and energy sites were of particular interest to would-be plotters and stressed that all possible safety lapses at strategic sites must be dealt with and fixed.

The senior Russian security official revealed earlier this month that Russian special services had thwarted a “terrorist attack” by Kiev forces on Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine.

Meanwhile, media reports revealed that British spies in Ukraine were creating a secret army to carry out terrorist attacks.

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British spies building secret ‘terror army’ in Ukraine: Report

British intelligence operatives are reportedly working to create and train a covert "terrorist force" in Ukraine assigned to attack Russian targets in Crimea on behalf of the Kiev government.

Citing leaked documents, the Grayzone reported that UK intelligence operatives signed an agreement with Ukraine to build the so-called “partisan” terror army.

“Their plans called for the secret army to conduct sabotage and reconnaissance operations targeting Crimea … precisely the kind of attacks witnessed in past weeks,” the report said.

Also last month, Moscow accused London of orchestrating the terrorist attack that damaged the Nord Stream 2 pipeline.

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