Kuleba demanded not to call the Russian invasion “inevitable” – only “possible”
Russia has concentrated many troops near the border with Ukraine, but they are still not enough for the invasion that Western media write so much about.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba stated this at a briefing in Kyiv, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“I know that in recent weeks much of the world has been focused on just one word: “inevitability,” “inevitable.” What does this mean, what does it entail? I think we need to focus less on words and more on the broader assessment of the situation.
Firstly, the Russian army concentrated along the border with Ukraine in Russia, the armed forces concentrated in Belarus, the armed forces concentrated in our occupied territories, are enormous. They put a lot of pressure on us. But they are still insufficient for a large-scale operation against Ukraine.
Of course, there is the possibility of a military operation on a smaller scale. This is another risk. Or perhaps Russia is limiting itself to using the threat of force to destabilize Ukraine without actually using force. This is also a possible scenario.
None of us - neither Washington, nor London, nor Kyiv - can exclude invasion from the list of threats. What we are saying now is that we must remain rational and correctly, in a reasonable manner, assess the priority and sequence of various threats.
The situation is very difficult. If you try to summarize it into one sentence, you may miss many important details that are necessary to make an intelligent decision. Therefore, I urge you not to concentrate on one word that has become so popular, but to evaluate the situation in its complexity,” Kuleba said.
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