Russia fired the Ukrainian border "Iskander" and a huge amount of weapons – Poltorak – Ukrainian

This was announced at a final meeting with the military attaché of foreign states accredited to Ukraine

"The Russian Federation has formed a powerful military group along the border with Ukraine, which bears witness to the fact that Russia has not refused to seize our country.Why did they place the Iskander rocket complex near our borders, greatly increasing the Probable radius of destruction of our territory? We see now only a huge amount of Russian weapons accumulated at our border, "he said. 9659005] Read also:
In occupied Crimea, a column of military equipment was seen, which was sent by the Kerch Bridge on the Russian side.

According to Poltorak, a provocation in the Kerch Strait, although the movement of the group of Ukrainian ships proceeded in accordance with all norms of international law, required the Russians to pursue an open attack against Ukraine.

"Therefore, the introduction of martial law in some areas, a rather flexible formula is an adequate response to the threats currently weighing on the Ukrainian state.We are seriously preparing for the first time. escalation of Russia's current aggression, "added the minister.

The Ministry of Defense noted that Ukraine did not intend to engage in offensive actions but had the right to defend itself.

"Ukraine will resolve this situation exclusively in a political and diplomatic way, but Russia's aggressive policy today forces us to be vigilant and to prepare tirelessly, which greatly increases the defense capacity of the country." – summarized Poltorak.

On the morning of November 25, Russia blocked the passage in the Kerch Strait to the Ukrainian tug "Yana Kapu" and two boats "Berdyansk" and "Nikopol". To this end, the Russians blocked the movement under the Crimea Bridge by an oil tanker and even resorted to the ram tug the "border ship" of the Don. On the evening of the same day, Russian ships attacked them and captured, at the same time, according to the Ukrainian authorities, injuring at least six Ukrainian sailors and capturing the other captives.

Subsequently, the courts of annexed Crimea arrested them for two months . After that, the sailors were transferred to the SIZO of Moscow . All are alleged to have allegedly illegally crossed from the Russian border.