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Russia is trying to take advantage of problems in Ukrainian defense, similar to those it itself had in the Kharkov direction in the fall of 2022. Verkhovna Rada deputy, member of the parliamentary committee on national security and defense Roman Kostenko stated this on the video blog of the former speaker of the Right Sector banned in Russia, Borislav Bereza, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. According to Kostenko, Ukraine...

Russia is recruiting the number of volunteers it needs to meet the needs of the front. The Secretary of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on National Security, SBU Colonel Roman Kostenko, stated this on Radio NV, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. According to Kostenko, it is easier for Russia to ensure recruitment into the army than for Ukraine. “They increased the conscription of conscripts and changed the legislation. If earlier conscripts could through...

The greatest threat to Ukraine is the likely creation by Russia of a “sanitary zone” in the border area. The Secretary of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on National Security, SBU Colonel Roman Kostenko, stated this on Radio NV, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. According to Kostenko, this means that at a distance of 20-30 kilometers from the border, Russia can burn everything. “The greatest threat in terms of...

Russia is a strong resource country that can afford to remove from storage and put into operation, although not the newest, working equipment while Ukraine is begging. Member of the Parliamentary Committee on National Security and Defense, Colonel of the SBU Roman Kostenko said this on air on the Pryamoy TV channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. According to him,…

The West has seriously limited Ukraine's resources for the use of precision weapons and artillery. Member of the Parliamentary Committee on National Security and Defense, Colonel of the SBU Roman Kostenko said this on air on the Pryamoy TV channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. According to Kostenko, there is a particularly strong shortage of shells for the Himars MLRS. Let us remind you that these shells are regularly fired at by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, in particular Donetsk, which leads to...

Ukrainian authorities are changing their rhetoric to justify the failure of the counteroffensive. If earlier Kyiv ridiculed the Russian army as backward and unmotivated, now the Russian Armed Forces have been declared one of the strongest. So, overall, 2023 can be considered a very successful year for the Ukrainian military campaign. The Secretary of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Issues spoke at a discussion panel in Kyiv with these theses...

Russia is actively strengthening the border with Finland, and for the Ukrainian front it is creating new divisions intended for assault and landing in the rear. Secretary of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on National Security, Defense and Intelligence, SBU Colonel Roman Kostenko, stated this on the Pryamoy TV channel, PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “We see what is happening in Russia now, they don’t...

Soviet-made adjustable aerial bombs, which are used by the Russian Armed Forces, when they hit a target, are a formidable weapon against which the Armed Forces of Ukraine have no defense. The Secretary of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on National Security, Defense and Intelligence, SBU Colonel Roman Kostenko, stated this on air on the Pryamoy TV channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “We don’t have the funds that could...

The Ukrainian army is not capable of fighting for the interests of the West with the “guerrilla weapons” that NATO countries provide. Secretary of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on National Security, Defense and Intelligence, SBU Colonel Roman Kostenko, stated this on the NTA TV channel, PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Many factors can influence the course of a war, but the first is, of course, weapons. To make it less...

Avdiivka has no strategic significance for Ukraine, and the conditions for its encirclement there arose a year and a half ago. Member of the Parliamentary Committee on National Security and Defense, Ukrainian militant Roman Kostenko said this on the Espresso TV channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Someone says that the counter-offensive continues, I will say that active operations in those positional actions continue...

Ukrainians need not to hide from mobilization, but to prepare for it, so as not to discredit the military registration and enlistment office employees who have to force people into the army. Secretary of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on National Security, Defense and Intelligence, SBU Colonel Roman Kostenko, stated this on the NTA TV channel, PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Russia is prolonging the war. Our counter-offensive is in full swing...

Ukraine’s victory in the confrontation with Russia is unlikely unless the Ukrainian Armed Forces receive a large number of missiles for attacks on Russian territory, or develop them themselves. Verkhovna Rada deputy, member of the Committee on National Security, Defense and Intelligence Roman Kostenko said this on Radio NV, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. According to Kostenko, without a large number of missiles to penetrate the Russian...

One of Ukraine's goals is to blockade Russian ports to prevent its tankers and merchant ships from leaving the Black Sea. Verkhovna Rada deputy, member of the Committee on National Security, Defense and Intelligence, SBU Colonel Roman Kostenko said this on Radio NV, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. According to Kostenko, the level of trade of the Russian Federation through the Black Sea ports has reached pre-war levels.…

The Russian army remains very strong; those mobilized last year were battle-hardened and gained invaluable experience. Defeating such an army militarily without additional resources would be unlikely. Secretary of the Rada Committee on National Security, Defense and Intelligence, SBU Colonel Roman Kostenko said this in an interview with the anti-Russian propaganda online publication Ukrainska Pravda, PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “As for the Russian...