Ukraine: Ukraine's deputy defense minister reveals plans to attack Russian-occupied Crimea and acquire "anti-ship capability". According to the Ukrainian ambassador to Japan, the goal is to liberate Russian-occupied territories, including Crimea, in 2022.
According to Ukrainian Deputy Defense Minister Volodymyr Havrilov, Ukraine is preparing to launch an offensive against the Russian Black Sea Fleet stationed there and the Crimean peninsula, which is occupied by Russia. In a London Times interview, Hvrilov said, "We are getting anti-ship capabilities and sooner or later we will target the fleet." If Russia wants to exist as a nation, it must leave Crimea.
On February 24, Russia sent thousands of troops to Ukraine. In 2014, Moscow invaded Ukraine and annexed the Crimean peninsula.
Given that Sevastopol serves as a base for Russia's Black Sea Fleet, Crimea is of particular strategic importance to that country. The 18 km (11 mi) bridge connecting the Black Sea peninsula with Russia's interior would be another prized target for Ukraine.
According to Hvrilov, the first step was to recapture Snake Island, which Moscow had captured in the first invasion. If we have the capability, we are ready to target them across the Black Sea, he said.
According to Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, Havrilov's comments confirmed the need for a "special military operation", as the conflict is officially known in Russia and one of its goals is the "demilitarization" and "demilitarization" of Ukraine.
According to Peskov, only by such means can Ukraine be liberated from such political leaders, as reported by the Russian state news agency Tass.
Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev issued a warning this week in response to the possibility of an attack on Crimea, saying such an attack would have disastrous consequences for the Ukrainian government.
According to Medvedev, "Judgment Day will come much faster and harder" if Crimea is invaded, according to a report by the Tas news agency on Sunday. Hiding will be very challenging.
In the ongoing conflict triggered by a Russian invasion five months ago, a top Ukrainian diplomat in Tokyo said the country's current aim is to quickly annex all Russian-occupied territories, including Crimea, by the end of this year. ,
"We can, according to our military calculations and plans, liberate our territories before the end of this year," Ambassador Sergei Korsunsky said in a recent interview with Kyodo News.
Even though the war is not over, Korsunsky said, "we expect to push Russian forces back into Russia before the end of the year."
“We are now trying to make suitable preparations for a counter-attack,” he said, which means more advanced weapons such as the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System, or HIMARS, and new advanced weapons provided by the US and European countries. Air defense system will be installed. ,
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