It is very often restless on the territory of the aggressor country. But there are two sources of “cotton” on its territory.
Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov told Channel 24that one of the variants of “cotton” on the territory of Russia is Ukrainian. He noted that there are also two options regarding “cotton” in the temporarily occupied territories.
banned, or it is some kind of Ukrainian product. If “cotton” blooms in the temporarily occupied territories, then there may be both here,” the Minister of Defense of Ukraine said.
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Help to Ukraine from partners
Aleksey Reznikov noted that partners help Ukraine based on their own interests.
“Each country decides what is understanding for them to increase the level of escalation of their interaction with Russia what is not. What is nice is that this level of escalation is evolving,” the Minister of Defense of Ukraine stressed.
He noted that the first thing he asked partners in November 2021 was regular Stingers. And tanks, 155mm artillery, HIMARS, planes, Patriot were impossible back then.
Now everything is possible. Indeed, a fundamental condition is written guarantees to our partners that we will not use weapons on the territory officially recognized by Russia,” the head of the defense department added.
However, Ukraine emphasizes every time that it will use these weapons for de-occupation of their temporarily occupied territories, located within the internationally recognized borders of 1991.
“And this means that Crimea, Lugansk, and Donetsk are Ukraine. To destroy the enemy or his supply chains, we can use,” Reznikov said .
He noted that every time Ukrainians do something themselves, help comesto the West.So, in April 2022, Ukraine could not get Harpoon anti-ship missiles. However, when two Ukrainian works “Neptune” sent the flagship of the Russian fleet “Moskva” to the bottom of the Black Sea, then the Armed Forces of Ukraine received these missiles. It was they who helped liberate Snake Island.
“Which made it possible to open a grain corridor and transport Ukrainian grain, feeding the countries of Africa, Asia, and so on. Now people in Africa or in countries of South Asia,” the Minister of Defense of Ukraine said.
“Cotton” in the aggressor country
- In the Novgorod region on August 19 the air base “Soltsy” was visited by “cotton”. Several Tu-22M3 planes, which are attacking Ukraine, were damaged there. The enemy claimed an alleged drone attack.
- Ukrainian intelligence said that all objects associated with Russian military aggression are vulnerable targets. Moscow is also unprotected. Andrey Yusov, a spokesman for the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense, noted that the “pop” is quite accurate.
- The Russian Ministry of Defense stated that around 4 am on August 18, an alleged Ukrainian drone tried to attack the Moscow region and Moscow. The occupiers fantasized about the supposedly “successful” work of the air defense.
