Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko confirmed the dispatch of units from the Airborne Assault Forces of Ukraine to regions bordering Russia on his trip to the Zhytomyr Region on Thursday.
“From this military airfield, the elite of our troops – the units of the Airborne Assault Forces will be transported to important defensive regions and districts in accordance with the approved plans,” he said.
The Ukrainian president, referring to the “Russian aggression”, was confident troops would be “ready to respond adequately, quickly and effectively to any challenge, to take away any threat.”
SOT, Petro Poroshenko, Ukrainian President (Ukrainian): “From this military airfield, the elite of our troops – the units of the Airborne Assault Forces will be transported to important defensive regions and districts in accordance with the approved plans. As always, you are sent to the places with the most complicated situation, where there is a need to solve the most difficult tasks, where it is impossible to do without the soldiers of the Airborne Assault Forces.”
SOT, Petro Poroshenko, Ukrainian President (Ukrainian): “I am here to once again thank you for the selfless sacrificial service to the Homeland. Strength and will, courage and devotion to Ukraine, as well as self-sacrifice marked your battle course during the four years of Russian aggression against our state.” *MULTIPLE SHOTS AT SOURCE*
SOT, Petro Poroshenko, Ukrainian President (Ukrainian): “The Ukrainian Army has proved that it is and will be a solid foundation for our independence, that it is ready to respond adequately, quickly and effectively to any challenge, to take away any threat.”
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