Kuleba on Russia’s “war strategy”: They can’t capture us so they are trying to destroy us

This was stated by Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Dmytro Kuleba, who spoke at a joint press conference with the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, Yoko Kamikawa, an Ukrinform correspondent reported from Kyiv.

The head of Ukrainian diplomacy recalled that during the chairmanship in the Group of Seven, Japan invited President Vodymyr Zelensky to a summit in Hiroshima, at which a decision was made to donate F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine.

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"I informed my cleague today about the other side of the war, namely about Ukraine's need not only for aircraft, but also, first of all, for air defense capabilities. I emphasized to my counterpart that the main Russian military strategy is this: if you can't capture something, you have to completely destroy it. That is why Russian missiles and drones destroy Ukrainian cities every day. They can’t capture us so they are trying to destroy us," Kuleba said.

He expressed his conviction that Russia will not succeed in this either including thanks to the support in strengthening air defenses that Ukraine receives from its partners.

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"Even now we are here (in shelter – ed.) due to the threat of a ballistic missile strike, and this is another reminder of the need to protect the Ukrainian sky as soon as possible. I seize this portunity to thank all members of the Patriots Coalition and all the nations that provide our country with air defense systems and missiles for them," the head of the Foreign Ministry stressed.

Kuleba also recalled that during the Japanese presidency of the Group of Seven, work on the legal framework for the use of frozen Russian assets to support Ukraine intensified.

"The minister and I share the inion that Russia should pay for its aggression with its own money. It will be logical and зкщзук, and it will also send a clear signal to anyone in the world that if you destroy something, you have to bear the cost," the minister emphasized.

As reported earlier, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan, Yoko Kamikawa, came on an unannounced visit to the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv on Sunday, January 7. This is Kamikava's first visit to Ukraine since she took office in September.

Photo: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan