Along the fence, which begins in the Kharkiv region, 15 CCTV cameras and four operational centers have been installed.
“This complex will not help us to keep heavy equipment if it approaches the state border, but it will help us gain time. That is, the operator of the complex will see the approach of heavy equipment and notify the forces and means on duty, the reserves of the border unit, and will inform the units of the armed forces of Ukraine,” Tatiana Letoshko, speaker of the Lugansk border detachment, told the Public.
The personnel of the armed forces and equipment will be enough to protect the border in the Luhansk region from Russian aggression, assured the head of the Luhansk regional state administration Sergei Gaidai.
“There are approximately 400 thousand ATO veterans today. Let some, literally 30%, go to defend their homeland again. We are also holding a meeting of the terrorist defense, and if necessary, they will perform certain tasks that we will set them, I will not say what , but trainings are taking place, people clearly understand what they should do, “Gaidai said.
According to him, by the end of this year, the Lugansk Regional State Administration will publish a plan for the evacuation of the population in the event of a full-scale offensive by Russia.
Straightaway after the annexation of Crimea in 2014, Russia launched an armed aggression in eastern Ukraine. The fighting is between the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the one hand and the Russian army and Russian-backed militants who control parts of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions on the other. Officially, the Russian Federation does not recognize its invasion of Ukraine, despite the facts and evidence presented by Ukraine.
In the spring of 2021, Russia built up troops near the border with Ukraine and in the occupied Crimea. In late October, American media began reporting that Russia pulls up troops again to the border with Ukraine.
On November 21, the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense Kirill Budanov said that RF prepares for an attack on Ukraine in late January or early February, and the attack will be “much more destructive than any before.” Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine Oleksiy Danilov said on December 22 that in a zone 200 km from the country’s border there are 122 thousand Russian military.
In the Kremlin called the messages about the preparation of the invasion “stuffing”, said that “Russia is not going to attack anyone and is not hatching any aggressive plans,” and accused Kiev of preparing to aggression “against” LPR “and” DPR “. In the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine denied the disinformation of the Russian Federation about the alleged preparation for a military attack in Donbass. The United States and NATO have repeatedly called on Russia to de-escalation of stress at the border.
Russian President Vladimir Putin on December 23 at the annual press conference when asked will Russia attack Ukraine, said that Moscow’s actions “will not depend on progress of negotiations [о продвижении НАТО на восток], but from the unconditional provision of Russia’s security today and in the historical perspective. “
On December 10, Russia demanded from the North Atlantic Alliance officially withdraw a promise Ukraine on its entry into NATO. Alliance Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg responded by saying that the right of every people to choose their own path remains fundamental to NATO.
On December 17, the Russian Foreign Ministry published draft agreements on “security guarantees” between Russia, the United States and NATO, which were transferred on December 15 to US Assistant Secretary of State Karen Donfried.
In particular, in Art. 4 of the draft agreement between the Russian Federation and the United States states that the United States must commit to exclude further NATO expansion “eastward”, refuse to admit to the Alliance states that were previously part of the USSR.
Putin announced on December 21 that the security requirements of the Russian Federation – not an ultimatumbut the West must answer them.
On December 27, the chairman of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation Valentina Matvienko said that Russia “did not have, and has no plans” to attack Ukraine.
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