Ukraine managed to localize the theater of military operations in the Donbass, but the threat of full-scale aggression by Russia will not go away. This was announced today at a meeting of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko.
Poroshenko said that the Russian offensive was stopped by the courage of the warriors, the efforts of the volunteers and the patriotism of the majority of citizens, the common effort of all branches of government, the efforts of Ukrainian diplomats, who are caught on the side of Ukraine a significant part of the international community. “We liberated part of the occupied enemy territories and localized theater of military action,” he said.
“However, the threat of full-scale aggression of the Russian Federation will not go away, and this threat is not only oozing through the uncontrolled border areas in the Donbass, it hangs on the border line with the Russian Federation and even more that convinces us of the hostile intentions of the Russian Federation”, – he stressed.
According to Poroshenko, in the vicinity of Ukrainian borders deployed units of the Russian Armed forces numbering up to 50 thousand people, about 470 tanks, 1,700 armored combat vehicles, 390 artillery systems and 220 systems of volley fire, about 490 combat aircraft, hundreds of helicopters, 24 combat ship. Russians create new and expand and upgrade existing bases and other military infrastructure.
“And, incidentally, no guarantee that at any time this invasion will not move us. And by forming military units, as well as the supply of fighters, military vehicles, vehicles of the logistics of going on accelerated militarization of the occupied territories,” he said.
Earlier it was reported that Russia sent in Donbass “for the experience” perspective of the military.
