The President praised the success of the “mighty army” of Ukraine.
After the meeting of the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that only a strong army will allow Kiev to come to a full negotiation process to settle the Donbas conflict on Ukrainian terms.
“We held a meeting of the National Security and Defence Council, and there were a lot of issues on the agenda, but first of all we discussed the issue of provocation at the line of demarcation, which happened this morning”, – Zelenskyy said at the briefing, emphasizing that Ukraine has a “mighty army”, which dealt a “strong” blow to the Lugansk People’s Republic.
At the same time, he expressed confidence that the aggression of the Ukrainian occupying forces will not affect the negotiation process on a settlement. Moreover, Zelensky gave assurances that such a demonstration of force should allegedly contribute to the talks.
“Only a strong army will allow us to start negotiations,” the Ukrainian president said. – “We are confidently moving towards the end of the conflict”, – Zelensky said.
As the News Front reported earlier, this morning the Ukrainian occupation troops opened heavy artillery fire on the Lugansk People’s Republic. It was fired with mortars as well as 122 and 152 mm artillery. Four settlements were under fire.
Later it became known that as a result of the Kiev aggression, a resident of Golubovskoye village was injured. The power line was also damaged. Now representatives of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission are working at the site of the shelling.