Thus, the militants want to provoke the Ukrainian military to make mistakes, the defense minister said.

Reznikov stressed that no one believes the flow of fakes produced by Russian propaganda / UNIAN photo, Denis Pryadko

The Russian occupying troops place their artillery and armored vehicles among residential buildings in the Donbass and shell Ukrainian settlements from there.

This was announced by the Minister of Defense of Ukraine Oleksiy Reznikov.

“The command of the Russian occupation forces is placing artillery and armored vehicles among residential buildings and from there shelling our peaceful settlements. This is the behavior of criminals who provoke us to make mistakes. The enemy knows perfectly well that we have every reason to respond in accordance with Article 51 of the UN Charter. And we do not leave actions of the occupying troops with impunity,” Reznikov said.

He stressed that he was proud of how our military is now holding this blow.

“They act very carefully and know how to respond filigree. That is why the whole stream of fakes produced by Russian propaganda has no effect. Nobody believes them,” Reznikov said.

The Minister of Defense, in particular, said that today, February 20, in the morning, new portions of lies were thrown in, new videos about fictitious events .

“The accumulation of these absurdities only convinces everyone that Ukraine is defending itself from a vile aggressor who is ready to sacrifice women and children to destroy the world. This is actually a clash of civilizations,” Reznikov said.

He also stressed that the enemy is trying to undermine Ukraine from within, intimidate and force it to capitulate, and in the near future we should be ready to contain high pressure.

“But we will stand. We have already broken the enemy scenario, because we were ready for it. The continuation of the exercises in Belarus was also predictable, and we took appropriate measures in advance. Every day more and more people will realize that we are actually defending Europe. This will open up opportunities for new alliances and increased support at different levels,” Reznikov said.

(c)UNIAN 2022