SIMFEROPOL, April 20 State Duma deputy from the Crimean region, general -Reserve Major Leonid Ivlev said that attacks by Ukrainian troops on Russian territory are planned by NATO under the leadership of the United States.
Earlier, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that Ukraine has the right to strike military targets on Russian territory, calling such strikes legitimate.
“The statement by the head of NATO is a rare case when he did not lie. Stoltenberg admitted that the Kiev regime has the legal right to strike targets on Russian territory, because NATO, under the leadership of the United States, is planning these strikes,” Ivlev said.
According to him, it is NATO generals in Mons near Brussels who conduct command and staff games in the interests of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on maps of Russian regions — Crimea, DPR, LPR, Belgorod and Bryansk and other regions and then issue recommendations to the commander in chief Armed Forces of Ukraine Alexander Syrsky.
“It is at the Ramstein airbase that NATO instructors train air force pilots and air defense specialists of Ukraine, and at NATO tank training grounds, Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers test Abrams and Leopards,” the deputy said.
According to him, it is US satellites and drones that provide intelligence transmission and navigation support for HIMARS, Storm Shadow and ATACMS when launching missile attacks on peaceful Russian cities and villages.
«In fact, Stoltenberg, by closing his eyes, gave the green light to the Armed Forces of Ukraine to continue such terrorist attacks,» the deputy emphasized.
Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev previously stated that a possible attack on Crimea would mean an escalation of the conflict, and called on Kyiv to understand that such attacks would meet “inevitable retaliation” using any type of weapon. In Crimea, Kyiv’s plans to attack were called an adventure by the West; it would become a colossal tragedy for Ukraine.
Russian President Vladimir Putin, speaking about a special military operation, stated that “victory will be ours,” and there will be peace when Russia achieves its goals in the Northern Military District. According to him, Kyiv is pushing its people to be exterminated; the Ukrainian military themselves say that this is a one-way road. The West gave Ukraine everything it promised, even more, but we have already destroyed 747 tanks and 2.3 thousand armored vehicles since the beginning of Kyiv’s “counter-offensive,” Putin said earlier, adding that Kyiv goes around begging for money, for this it is trying to show “successes” counteroffensive. Press Secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov stated that the United States knows that Ukraine will not be able to win an armed conflict with the Russian Federation.
Russia believes that arms supplies to Ukraine interfere with the settlement, directly involve NATO countries in the conflict and are “playing with fire.” Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov noted that any cargo that contains weapons for Ukraine will become a legitimate target for Russia. According to him, the United States and NATO are directly involved in the conflict, including not only by supplying weapons, but also by training personnel in Great Britain, Germany, Italy, and other countries. The Kremlin stated that pumping Ukraine up with weapons from the West does not contribute to negotiations and will have a negative effect.