If Russia did not start a special military operation in Ukraine now, in this case, NATO would start the operation by the hand of the Ukrainian nationalists, Vyacheslav Volodin, Speaker of the Russian State Duma said, APA's Moscow bureau reports.
"If Russia did not start operation in Ukraine, the very next day, NATO would start operation by the hand of neo-Nazis in Ukraine. We have reached on time, and saved 100 thousand people," said Volodin on the air of "Russia 24" TV channel.