Ukraine’s defense minister promises a counterattack

On the first anniversary of the full-scale Russian invasion, Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov confirms that Ukrainian forces are preparing for a counterattack and the liberation of all their territories within the 1991 borders.

“There will be a counterattack. We are making every effort to prepare and secure it,” Minister Oleksiy Reznikov writes on his Facebook page.

A year ago, it was difficult for Ukraine to receive serious weapons, but now Western countries see that Ukraine is “Europe’s shield in the east”, he explains.

“We are entering a new period. With a new task – to win. A year ago, many expected that Ukraine would be gone in a few weeks. Everything has changed. Now the main question on the agenda – what will be the victory of Ukraine? The answer is simple. Victory – it is all our territory liberation within the borders of 1991 and the elimination of the Russian threat,” said Reznikov.

Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine began in the early morning of February 24, 2022, with missile fire, airstrikes, and the arrival of ground forces. Russia initially cited the “denazification” of Ukraine as one of the goals of the invasion.

The occupiers in Ukraine have suffered heavy losses and are accused of deliberate killing of civilians, as well as other war crimes. The atrocities of the occupiers began to come to light en masse after the Ukrainians drove them out of areas around Kyiv, such as Bucha.

Russia’s treatment of Ukrainians, including killing and setting up infiltration camps, is described in this “fascist manifesto” published by the Kremlin’s propaganda news agency “RIA Novosti”.

In general, the war in Ukraine has been going on since 2014, when Russia occupied the Crimean peninsula and started a war in eastern Ukraine.