State-owned news agency RIA reported
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Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu on Friday said the real aim of the West in Ukraine is to strategically defeat Russia, to pose a threat to China, and to maintain its own monopoly position, state-owned news agency RIA reported.
RIA cited him as adding that "almost all" NATO countries had deployed their military capabilities against Russia. (Reporting by Reuters; Editing by Christopher Cushing)
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