The counter-offensive of the Ukrainian forces has been going on for several days; is an intense war stretching over 1,500 km of the border with Russia, but the actions have already started – said Mykhailo Podolak, adviser to the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky to the Italian RAI television. In Podolak’s opinion, if Ukraine had received F-16 aircraft a year ago, the war would have ended already.
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“We do not want to hit Russian territory. We will use the weapons you have given us to destroy Russian positions in the territories that Moscow occupies, including Donbass and Crimea, explained Podolak.
– We have long-range Storm Shadow missiles, Leopard (tanks), anti-missile systems that France and Italy gave us. (Fighter planes) F-16 will finally allow us to close the airspace, said the adviser to the President of Ukraine.
Podolak estimated that if Ukraine got the F-16 fighters right after the start of the Russian invasion, “the war would be over.”
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– Ukraine is not involved in the logistical organization of this operation. But objectively, Russia is not even able to defend its territory; cannot control the effects of the return of its full-scale invasion, Podolak pointed out.
In his opinion, “what is happening on the border is a shock to Vladimir Putin.”
“Bachmut is gone”
When asked about Bachmut, Mychajło Podolak explained that this city “does not exist”. – But fighting continues in the city and on the outskirts. Of the 70,000 there are no more people – people have died or fled, there are only ruins. Despite this, after 10 months, Russia is not yet able to take control of it, noted the adviser to the Ukrainian president.
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2023-05-25 08:14:00