According to her, attacks on the Kremlin are simply a topic for Ukrainian folklore.
Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine Hanna Malyar stated that Ukraine is waging a defensive war, so it does not plan to strike on the territory of Russia. She said this in an interview on the YouTube channel “Iceland”.
“Our task is to liberate our territories . We are not aggressors, not invaders. We are waging a defensive war, within the framework of which there may be offensive actions,” the deputy minister said in response to the question of why Ukraine does not strike on Russian territory in order to weaken the enemy.
She added that it is precisely in the Kharkiv region Ukrainian for the first timethe army conducted such a defensive offensive.
“Our doctrine is that we are waging a defensive war, so we will not advance on other people's territories, we are returning our own,” Malyar emphasized. p>
The deputy minister emphasized that Ukraine complies with international legislation on the rules of warfare, defends its territories and does not plan to violate these norms.
“We are not Russians, this must be clearly understood. And no matter how much we joke about these topics, because they are really topics for Ukrainian folklore, Ukraine will celebrate the victory, but Ukraine adheres to all norms of international law, and we guarantee that we will adhere to them,” said the deputy minister.
At the same time, she added that there are various ways to influence the shortening of the lives of “these people”.
At the same time, any military actions in the occupied territories are not considered a violation of international norms.
“Everything , what is occupied is ours. We have the right to fight, to hit on our territories, because these are our territories,” Malyar summed up.
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Recall that Ukraine's position is to return all the territories captured by Russia and restore state borders within the 1991 framework. At the same time, foreign partners have repeatedly emphasized that Ukraine cannot strike with the weapons provided to us by partners on the territory of the Russian Federation. At the same time, Ukraine retains the right to conduct military operations in Crimea, because it is the territory of our state.
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