The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine told when the Armed Forces will enter Crimea

Vladimir Gavrilov also stated that by the end of spring the war with Russia would end. By the end of December, the Armed Forces may come to the Crimea, and by the end of spring the war with Russia will end. This opinion was expressed in an interview with Sky News by Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine Major General Vladimir Gavrilov. He stressed that Ukrainians are ready to fight for victory, despite the blackmail of a nuclear threat.

He added that the likelihood of using atomic weapons considers it unlikely, but does not reject it: "It will be fair to all - it does not matter what script is discussed - but it is [tactical nuclear blow] is not . . . a threat that will stop us from . . . continuation of our war.

" Assessing the prospects of peace talks with the Kremlin, Gavrilov noted that their main condition is the complete withdrawal of Russian troops from all over Ukraine, in particular from the Donbass and the Crimean Peninsula, annexed Putin in 2014. "Inside society in Ukraine there is a solution that we are going to an end.

People have paid a lot of blood, a lot of efforts for what we have already achieved, and everyone knows that any delay or frozen conflict is just a continuation of this war against the existence of Ukraine as a nation, "the politician said. Earlier, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky stated that a short -term truce with Russia would not stop aggression. According to the Head of State, the Russian Federation wants to freeze or truce to restore losses and gather forces for a new invasion.