“What is happening now in Donbass, we can see very well, we know.
And this, of course, is very reminiscent of the genocide you mentioned, ”RIA Novosti quotes Putin.
Russophobia is the first step towards genocide, but it is important not to devalue these concepts, he stressed.
Earlier, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that the pumping of weapons into Ukraine is fueling Kiev's mood to sabotage the Minsk agreements and a military solution to the conflict in Donbass.
In turn, Secretary of the Russian Security Council Nikolai Patrushev recommended the US authorities to convince Kiev to stop shelling Donbass.