Major General Dmitry Marchenko categorically rejected any territorial concessions to Russia/Collage of 24 channels
Major General of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Dmitry Marchenko gave an interview to the Radio Liberty project, in which he assured that in no case should we agree on the withdrawal of troops < strong>even up to February 24 positions . Otherwise, Russia will continue to continue its military takeover of all of Ukraine.
Territorial concessions in favor of Russia will create an even worse situation
According to Major General Marchenko, the Armed Forces of Ukraine, of course, must de-occupy all our territories within internationally recognized borders, including those that were captured by Russia even before the full-scale invasion.
A high-ranking serviceman said that he had already been asked about a similar “political solution to the issue” when it comes to the surrender of part of Ukrainian territories for the alleged cessation of hostilities.
No, I say categorically – no (territorial concessions to Russia – ed. Channel 24). We need to take all the land, we need to take Lugansk, Donetsk, Kherson and Crimea. Because it gets worse . If someone thinks that everything will stop there now, we will exhale and everything will be fine – no, it will not be so,” Marchenko emphasized.
The Major General added that in the case of such agreements, we will simply let the enemy go home, he will “lick his wounds”, draw the appropriate conclusions, correct his combat tactics and attack Ukraine again with renewed vigor. “And then it is already unclear whether we will be able to withstand this as a whole country,” summed up Dmitry Marchenko.
Recall that in the evening address of June 13, Volodymyr Zelensky said that Ukraine would liberate all its territories< /strong> , including Russian-occupied Kherson, Mariupol and the Crimean peninsula.
The flag of Ukraine will again be over Yalta and Sudak, over Dzhankoy and Evpatoria. And let every Russian official who seized the precious land in Crimea remember that this is not the land where they will have peace, the President emphasized at the time.
In recent days, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have been demonstrating extremely heroic successes in the southern direction. On June 16, adviser to the head of the President's Office Mikhail Podolyak arrived at the positions of Ukrainian troops in the Kherson region. He also stressed that it is impossible to negotiate with Russia on territories, and we need to dismiss all without exceptionUkrainian cities and villages occupied by Russians.
