Ukraine is intently following the deployment of Russian items, which at the moment quantity 127,000 folks of the bottom part, reaching 147,000 folks with the naval and aviation part.
“We’re intently following the Russian items, which right this moment quantity 127,000 folks of the bottom part, reaching 147,000 folks with the naval and aviation part. We don’t see a pullback or a declining quantity as a result of the items at the moment in movement might be returned to their earlier positions in a short time or redeployed to a different space,” Minister of Defence of Ukraine Oleksii Reznikov stated at a briefing at Ukrinform information company.
The Ukrainian navy are prepared for any situation, he confused.
“We don’t underestimate the menace. Its degree is actually excessive. However we forecast all situations, selecting our techniques of conduct,” the minister stated.
In keeping with him, one of many potential situations is that Russia will attempt to actually encompass Ukraine with troops – from Brest to Taganrog by land, on two seas and within the quickly occupied Crimea – and intensify exercise within the quickly occupied a part of Moldova, in Transnistria.
“It was additionally anticipated that the Russian troops would escalate the scenario in japanese Ukraine in opposition to this background, accompanied by different technique of stress: cyberattacks, mining of civilian services, makes an attempt to rearrange riots underneath numerous pretexts, and so on.,” Reznikov defined.
He confused that these actions aimed to shatter Ukraine from inside, to power it to capitulate, to vary its political course and abandon the European and Euro-Atlantic aspirations, and ultimately lose its independence.
Reznikov additionally famous that Ukraine anticipated the Russian troops to remain in Belarus after the workout routines: “As a result of that they had been transported from the Far East for a number of weeks clearly to not be educated for 10 days after which return.”
“Equally, the ‘sudden’ workout routines in Transnistria didn’t come as a shock. We took applicable response measures,” the defence minister added.
In keeping with him, Russian troops are at the moment actively maneuvering close to Ukraine’s borders, significantly within the quickly occupied Crimea.
“Ships are shifting within the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov. There was an try to dam even the entire of Sea of Azov, in addition to entry to our ports in Odesa area. However they failed. At present, three giant touchdown ships and 5 warships and boats of different courses, together with one missile boat, have entered the Sea of Azov underneath the pretext of taking part within the workout routines,” Reznikov stated.
Commenting on the escalation within the Joint Forces Operation space, Reznikov famous that whereas 3 to five assaults per day had been recorded a month and a half earlier than, already 60 assaults had been recorded on February 17, 66 – on February 18, and 134 – on February 19.
Earlier, Reznikov knowledgeable that 14 assaults had been recorded and one Ukrainian soldier was wounded within the Joint Forces Operation space right this moment, February 21.
As reported, Russia continues to amass navy items within the quickly occupied territories of Ukraine and round its borders.
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