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Our Ukrainian drones work exactly as they should, but unfortunately, there are things that cannot be done with drones alone,
the Ukrainian president said in his nightly address As long as Putin continues the war, he will receive such responses from Ukraine.
But he caveated that statement by saying The sooner Russia agrees to restore a just peace, the sooner Ukrainian raids on Russian territory will stop.
A Ukrainian foreign ministry spokesperson told reporters in Kyiv earlier this week We make clear during the gifting process that equipment is to be used in line with international law.
Putin is rattled and this would show the West is fully committed to Ukraine, which has not been apparent hitherto.
Companies' licenses for the right to repair military equipment of Russian [Soviet] production are being revoked, deliveries of spare parts and components are being suspended, and other measures are being taken to counter the illegal transfer of domestic weapons to Ukraine,
he told state-run news agency RIA Novosti Despite difficult and intense battles, our forces continue to advance in the Kursk region, and our state's 'exchange fund' is growing. Seventy-four settlements are under Ukrainian control,
Zelensky said in a video address to the nation on Tuesday These new capabilities include artillery systems, artillery rounds and armored personnel carriers,
U.S. President Joe Biden said in April 2022, announcing an $800 million security package The elections in the east are also a vote on war and peace."
Sahra Wagenknecht told public broadcaster Deutschlandfunk Of course, a state that is attacked has the right to defend itself. This also means that they have the right under international law to take action on Russian territory as long as they abide by those laws,
said Lars Klingbeil, co-chairman of Chancellor Olaf Scholz's center-left Social Democratic Party (SPD), in an interview with public broadcaster ARD Attacks by Ukraine against military targets on Russian territory are not only permissible under international law, they are also necessary in terms of military strategy and make perfect sense."
Roderich Kiesewetter, a national security expert from the largest opposition party, the conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU), told DW at the beginning of the year Russia is trying very hard to downplay the Ukrainians' successes,
We are expanding the area of active operations. The Commander-in-Chief reported that our forces control 74 settlements in the Kursk region,
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in an address on Tuesday, citing Colonel General Oleksandr Syrskyi If Ukraine could strike the enemy troops on their territory, from where they threaten Ukraine, then Ukraine would be in a much better position to protect itself."
We have proven once again that we, Ukrainians, are capable of achieving our goals in any situation—capable of defending our interests and our independence,
The Russians understand the motivations of Ukraine as trying to strengthen its negotiating position, so that rather than Ukraine always being pressured to give up territory, now it holds some Russian territory it has more agency and can propose land swaps,