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Resilience of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and cohesion of the partners are effective preventive measures - Oleksii Reznikov

Ministry of Defence of Ukraine

2022-02-20 15:14:00 | ID: 66583

On February 19, Minister of Defence of Ukraine Oleksii Reznikov as a member of the Ukrainian delegation headed by President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi was in Munich, Germany.

During the Munich security conference, a number of dialogues with international partners of Ukraine held place, particularly, with Minister of National Defence of Canada Anita Anand, Minister of Defence of Sweden Peter Hultqvist, Minister of Defence of Netherlands Kajsa Ollongren and representatives of other states which support Ukraine.

'We hold an intensive dialogue to receive assistance which will increase the AFU capabilities. I had an opportunity to thank Minister Anita Anand in person for our Canadian friends' support. Yesterday we received the second plane with weapons and heavy equipment from Canada that will save lives of our soldiers. I can say that Ukraine is now in the centre of everyone's attention. Everyone notes resilience of our Armed Forces. Coherence of our partners, as well as high level of readiness of our army, is an important preventive measure that helps avoid negative scenarios,' said Minister of Defence of Ukraine Oleksii Reznikov.

The capabilities of the Ukrainian society to withstand pressure and professionalism of the Armed Forces of Ukraine significantly affect Russia's plans for escalation. Several interlocutors paid attention to this.

Escalation of the situation has been observed in the JFO area for four days. Over a month and a half since the beginning of the year, 2-5 shelling of the Joint Forces positions and localities have been reported every day. On February 17, 60 shelling were reported, February 18 — 66, February 19 — 136.

'The command of the Russian occupation forces allocates artillery and armed vehicles among residential buildings and from there shells our localities. It is the behaviour of criminals who provoke us to make mistakes. The enemy is well aware that we have every reason to answer in accordance to the article 51 of the UN Charter. And we do not leave the actions of the occupying forces unpunished. But I am proud of the way our military is holding this blow. They act very carefully and know how to respond filigree. That is why the whole flow of fakes produced by Russian propaganda has no effect. Nobody believes them. This morning, regular portions of lies and new videos about fictional events were thrown in. The accumulation of this nonsense only convinces everyone that Ukraine is defending itself from a vicious aggressor who is willing to sacrifice women and children to destroy peace. This is actually a clash of civilizations. In the near future we should be ready to withstand high blood pressure. The enemy is trying to shake Ukraine from the inside. Intimidate and force to surrender. But we will endure. We have already broken the enemy scenario because we were ready for it. It was also planned to continue exercises in Belarus, and we took appropriate measures in advance. Every day more and more people will realize that we are really defending Europe. This will open opportunities for new unions and increase support at various levels,' said Oleksii Reznikov