This was discussed in connection with reports from the occupied Donetsk. that “administrative buildings” are being laid there with sand in connection with the alleged future offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
“Philosophers say: facts are stubborn things. I ask the question: were there any cases in Donbass when the Ukrainian army was the first to attack? We are constantly repelling attacks, we are constantly defending ourselves from the aggressor. And now Ukraine has political documents agreed at all levels. , in the program of our delegation in the TCG, and there is no word that the Ukrainian troops can go on the offensive, this is excluded, “- said Kravchuk.
He noted that Ukrainians will “defend their land if the enemy dares to attack on a large scale.”
“Take one detail. If you look at the history of Russia, it has been fighting for 150 years in total. She no longer sees any other way to resolve the issue, only war. And Ukraine has never attacked, Ukraine has defended itself,” explained the first president of Ukraine.
He believes that the invaders need sandbags to escalate the situation.
“Russia wants to present Ukraine as an aggressor. But this is a lie. And everyone in the world knows this. Everyone tells them about it directly in their eyes. But they don’t seem to hear, they don’t see, they don’t want to discuss any issues, only one thing: agree to our terms. , if you do not, we will expand the aggression. If you do not, we will shoot. Well, this is not negotiations, this is pressure, “Kravchuk said.
- Immediately 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. According to the UN, during the conflict about 13 thousand people died.
- July 22, 2020 Trilateral Contact Group agreed on a full and comprehensive ceasefire in Donbass since midnight on July 27. Ukrainian side regularly reports violations by the militants of the ceasefire regime.
- At the beginning of 2021, the situation in Donbass worsened. The Joint Forces operation headquarters has repeatedly reported that the enemy is firing sniper fire. On April 1, the Office of the President of Ukraine reported that from the beginning of 2021 the Russian occupation troops in Donbas violated the ceasefire more than 570 times… After the aggravation of the situation in Donbass during 2021 killed 30 Ukrainian military, said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on April 16
- In late March – early April, the media and eyewitnesses began to publish video evidence that Russia was actively transfers military equipment to Crimea across the Kerch bridge and pulls troops to the border with Ukraine.
- On March 30, the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Ruslan Khomchak confirmed that the Russian Federation builds up troops near the border with Ukraine and in the occupied Crimea, which “poses a threat to the military security of the state.” Ukrainian intelligence said that Russia wants to expand military presence on the territory controlled by the “DPR” and “LPR” militants through the introduction of regular units of the armed forces of the Russian Federation, and did not rule out an attempt to move Russian troops deep into the territory of Ukraine.
- Against the background of the aggravation of the situation, the authorities of the Russian Federation announced control check of troops… Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said on April 13 that Russia had deployed two armies and three airborne troops to the “western borders” in three weeks, all of which are involved in exercises that will be completed within 14 days.
- According to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmitry Kuleba, the current escalation by the Russian Federation in Donbass is systemic and the most ambitious in recent years.
- Due to the escalation of the situation in Donbass, the US command in Europe announced maximum availability… According to information White House and US State Department, the number of Russian troops near the border with Ukraine is the largest since 2014.
- RF pulled to the border with Ukraine at least 89 thousand military, by April 20, their number will increase to 110 thousand, said the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine Kirill Budanov on April 14. According to him, on April 20, the process of pulling together the Russian troops may end.
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