Ukraine's armed forces are able to stop any offensive operations of Russian troops in Ukraine's east, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has said."
“Ukraine has enough power to stop any offensive operations of any number of Russian troops,” Poroshenko said at a press conference in Kyiv on Friday.
Speaking about the current situation in the anti-terrorist operation (ATO) zone, the president said that according to Ukrainian intelligence, a new division of Russian special forces has appeared there. “We know the name of the brigade, its numbers, and we have already passed this information to our partners,” Poroshenko said.
“In fact, Russia is using Ukraine’s east as a testing ground for its newest weapons, electronic warfare, communications, means of suppressing our systems, but we have learned to oppose this, including with the help of our partners,” the president said.
