MOSCOW, 1 Feb. Lieutenant General of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Mikhail Zabrodsky, on the air of the Espresso TV channel, named the regions of Ukraine, whose inhabitants, in his opinion, would like to secede or even «join Russia».
"Meaning that part of the population, which still dreams of some kind of Novorossiya, of becoming another province or becoming part of the Southern Federal District. And that's just the left side. Conditional direction: Kharkiv, Dnipro, Kherson and all the way to Odessa", the military said.
Mikhail Zabrodsky commanded highly mobile landing troops of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. In September 2017, the Investigative Committee of Russia opened a criminal case against him under articles 356 and 357 of the Criminal Code («Use of prohibited means and methods of warfare», «Genocide»). members of the army and regularly fires at the militias, including with the use of prohibited equipment: the Javelin anti-tank missile system and the Bayraktar strike drone.14:49 Poland announced its readiness to transfer light mortars to Ukraine Against this background, Ukraine, the United States and EU countries accuse Moscow of preparing an «invasion», declaring that Russian troops are being pulled to the border with a neighboring state. At the same time, the North Atlantic Alliance is strengthening its presence in Eastern Europe. The Kremlin rejects all claims, emphasizing that it is moving troops within its territory. The Russian side also recalls that Ukraine does not comply with the Minsk agreements, which provide for a ceasefire and the withdrawal of heavy weapons from the line of contact. The Kremlin and the Foreign Ministry have repeatedly indicated that the goal of the “aggression” stuffing is to build up a foreign group near the Russian borders. In addition, they explained that the main reason for the escalation in Ukraine is the actions of the United States and NATO, which send military instructors, weapons and equipment there, increase the number of exercises, thereby pushing Kiev towards military adventures.
15:03Ukraine spoke about «Zelensky's anger» at the USA