Crimea and Donetsk are Ukraine, need to be liberated – adviser to head of the Office of President of Ukraine
IRYNA BALACHUK – WEDNESDAY, 10 AUGUST, 14:54
In terms of the law, Donetsk and Crimea have the same status as Mariupol or Melitopol; they are Ukrainian territories and need to be liberated from the Russian occupation.
Source: Mykhailo Podoliak, adviser to the head of the Office of the President, on Twitter
Quote from Podoliak: "Legally, Donetsk and Crimea have the same status as Mariupol or Melitopol. These are Ukrainian territories occupied by the Russian army that are subject to liberation. Everything else is a fiction of Russian propaganda."
"Mommy, we gotta go" – new slogan of ru-thieves who lived in captured houses on stolen territory. Legally, Donetsk and Crimea have the same status as Mariupol or Melitopol. 🇺🇦 territories occupied by 🇷🇺, which subject to liberation. Everything else is a fiction of ru-propaganda.
— Михайло Подоляк (@Podolyak_M) August 10, 2022
Details: Recalling the video of the explosions at the Saky airfield in Crimea, Podoliak noted that the phrase "Mamulechka [diminutive of Mommy], we’ve got to leave" [this phrase was on one of the videos that has become viral after the explosions] has become the new slogan of Russian thieves who lived in captured houses on stolen territories.
Background:
- On the afternoon of 9 August, explosions rocked the military airbase in Novofedorivka in Russian-occupied Crimea. Local residents posted videos on social media showing at least two fires and commenting that they had heard 7-12 explosions.
- The Russian Defence Ministry claimed that the fire at the Saky airfield was the result of the detonation of some aircraft ammunition. Later, a source at the Russian Defence Ministry informed TACC that the explosions were caused by a "fire safety violation" at the military airbase near Novofedorivka.
- The Ministry of Defence of Ukraine has said it was not aware of what had caused the explosions at Novofedorivka.
- The New York Times quoted a "senior Ukrainian military official" who said that Ukrainian forces were behind the blast at the air base.
- Mykhailo Podoliak, Senior Adviser to Ukrainian President, said that Kyiv was not involved in the explosions at the airfield in Novofedorivka in Russian-occupied Crimea.
- On the morning of 10 August, the General Staff reported that on 9 August, Russia lost 160 military personnel, nine aircraft and 15 tanks.
- Dmytro Marchenko, the Major General of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, said that Ukraine would liberate Crimea by military means and the destruction of the Crimean Bridge would be a necessary measure for this.
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