Leader of the Batkivshchyna political party Yulia Tymoshenko at a meeting of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. File photoKYIV, Feb 12Former Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko said that, in her opinion, the escalation near the country's borders is connected with the desire to force Kiev to comply with the Minsk agreements. «I am not a military expert, but lately I have had dozens of meetings with people who are considered military experts and who know exactly what is going on and can give their opinion, which I think is adequate.Their general opinion is that a full-scale war against Ukraine today is unlikely… This suggests that there is another purpose for this escalation, tension that today is happening near our borders. Everyone agrees, and I support this, that the main goal is to force Ukraine to immediately comply with the Minsk agreements, which are unacceptable for Ukraine,» Tymoshenko said on the air of the Ukraine TV channel.
Will Russia Save Ukraine? According to her, the improbability of a full-scale war today, according to experts, is indicated by the insufficient number of military and equipment of the Russian Federation near the borders of Ukraine, the combat capability of the Ukrainian army, the mobilization of the international community and the absence in the history of cases when people talk about it for several months before the offensive. Kiev and Western states have recently expressed concern about the alleged increase in «aggressive actions» by Russia near the borders of Ukraine. Moscow has repeatedly denied such accusations, saying that it does not threaten anyone and is not going to attack anyone, and statements about «Russian aggression» are used as an excuse to deploy more NATO military equipment near Russian borders. The Russian Foreign Ministry previously noted that statements The West about «Russian aggression» and the possibility of helping Kiev defend itself against it is both ridiculous and dangerous. Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov said that Russia is moving troops within its territory and at its own discretion. According to him, this does not threaten anyone and should not bother anyone.
«The target is the Russian border.» In the West, they quarrel over Moscow and Kiev
