Ukrainian militaryKIEV, Feb 25The Ukrainian military said they were using modern weapons, including those received from Western countries. In recent months, a number of Western countries have announced the supply of weapons to Ukraine. On February 21, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Moscow sees how persistently the military pumping of the Kiev regime is being carried out. According to him, since 2014 the United States has directed billions of dollars for these purposes, including the supply of weapons, equipment, and training of specialists. He noted that «in recent months, Western weapons have been coming to Ukraine simply in a continuous stream, demonstratively.»
"We are actively using samples of modern weapons that we received from partners, tomorrow there will be more of them" Facebook Minister of Defense of Ukraine Oleksiy Reznikov.
On Thursday morning, Putin announced that he had decided on a special military operation against Ukraine. In a televised address to the Russians, he said that the circumstances «require decisive and immediate action from us, the people's republics of Donbass turned to Russia with a request for help.» According to the Russian leader, all responsibility for the bloodshed will be on the conscience of the ruling regime in Ukraine. He urged the Ukrainian military not to follow the criminal orders of the Ukrainian authorities, lay down their arms and go home. Later, the Russian Defense Ministry stressed that the Russian Armed Forces do not launch any missile, air or artillery strikes on the cities of Ukraine: military infrastructure, air defense facilities are disabled by high-precision weapons , military airfields and aviation. The ministry assured that the civilian population was not in danger. Approximately two hours later, the Ministry of Defense added that the Ukrainian border guards «do not offer any resistance», Ukrainian air defense systems were suppressed, and the military infrastructure of military air bases was disabled.
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