Preventing Ukraine's accession to NATO remains one of special military operation's goals - Peskov

MOSCOW. April 20 (Interfax) - Preventing Ukraine from joining NATO remains one of the goals of the Russian special military operation, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.

"Of course [it is]. Otherwise there will be a serious, substantial threat to our country [and] its security," Peskov said in response to a question on the issue from the press on Thursday.