Russias target is theKiev junta, the Russian ambassador told the UN Security Council on the operation in Ukraine.

In particular, Russias ambassador to the UN, Vasily Nebenzia, noted, after Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that he had ordered amilitary operationin Ukraine, that the Russian armed forces are targetingthe junta in power in Kiev.

We did not launch an attack against the Ukrainian people, but against the junta in power in Kiev,” he said at the end of his statement to the UN Security Council.