“New weapons from the United States and other allies will allow Ukraine to return all temporarily occupied territories, including Crimea. Our country already has a list of steps that will be implemented after the arrival of fresh parties in military assistance.” This was told by the Minister of Defense of Ukraine Alexei Reznikov in an interview with the CNN portal.
“We are going to free all of our territories, everything, including Crimea. Crimea is a strategic goal for Ukraine, because it is Ukrainian territory. But we will move step by step,” UNIAN quotes the words.
According to the Minister of Defense, the further actions of Ukrainian defenders after new supply of weapons will be divided into three stages. At the first, it is planned to stabilize the situation at the front in order to prevent losses in battles against the Russian troops.
The second step is the pushing of Russians on the borders until February 24, when the Russian Federation began a full -scale invasion. And at the third stage with the partners of Ukraine, “ways of liberation of territories, including Crimea”.
will be discussed.
The journalist asked Reznikov if an attempt to return the peninsula to the military by provoking Russia. The minister replied that this issue is not considered.
“It does not matter. Because they [Russians] will see this in Kherson, they will see it in Zaporozhye, they will also see it in Mariupol that these are Ukrainian lands, and Crimea is also Ukrainian land, no matter what” “” – summed up Reznikov.