He wrote about this in his Telegram channel.

“Without outside support, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky would hardly have decided to take steps that could lead to the outbreak of war in the center of Europe,” the State Duma speaker said.

Volodin stressed that Russia does not want war.

According to him, if there is a threat to the lives of Russian citizens and compatriots living in the self-proclaimed DPR and LPR, then Moscow will stand up for them.

Earlier, the Commission of the Human Rights Council under the President of Russia on international cooperation in the field of human rights called on international human rights organizations to influence Kiev and prevent aggression against the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics.