The call of the head of the Ukrainian delegation to the Minsk TCG Leonid Kravchuk to “answer every shot with a shot” can only lead to unnecessary casualties, and on the Ukrainian side.
Former Minister of Economy of Ukraine Viktor Suslov stated this on air on the NASH channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“Leonid Makarovich has become a little radicalized. Previously, there was a different ideology - a truce. Still there was positivity. The number of wounded and dead decreased sharply. That is, the period when shots were not returned with shots was favorable, including for the Ukrainian army. Now Leonid Makarovich’s call to start shooting - believe me - will simply lead to the fact that there will be many more victims. And, unfortunately, from the Ukrainian side too,” warns Viktor Suslov.
Leonid Kravchuk spoke about the need to “respond to every shot with a shot” on February 7 on the TV channel Ukraine 24yu
“I would act in the same way: respond to every shot with a shot. There is no need to wait, to invent whether this is a provocation or not. A shot is a shot. If they shoot, they must respond in the same way,” he said.