British Defense Minister named one of Russia's “weaknesses” – UNIAN
John Healy announced continued support for Ukraine in 2025 and the need to put pressure on Putin.
British Defense Minister John Healey arrived in Ukraine on Wednesday, December 18, to discuss support for Ukraine and plans for 2025 with the head of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense, Rustem Umerov. He considers the occupiers’ plans to seize four regions of Ukraine (Kherson, Zaporozhye, Donetsk and Lugansk) in 2025 a sign of “weakness.” After all, in the past, according to him, Russia has already announced the “seizure” of these regions.
“They [россияне] they believed that their invasion would last a week. And here you are: a country that is still at war for over a thousand days, and Putin has taken a strategic step back in Syria. This is a signal for any country that looks at Russia as a kind of guarantor…