The 543rd day of Russian aggression against Ukraine is underway. On the wPolityce.pl portal, we report for you on the events on the front line.
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Sunday, August 20, 2023
00:05. Ukrainian Air Force Commander: US F-16 fighter landed at our airports
Ukrainian Air Force commander Mykola Oleszchuk announced on television that an American F-16 fighter had visited Ukraine and landed at local airports.
The F-16 plane was in Ukraine. He landed at our airports, we trained together with F-16 pilots and we already have some experience flying F-16 aircraft. I think that is significant
– he said.
According to Oleszczuk, Ukraine is currently preparing runways. “We are carrying out appropriate reconstruction, improving the surface, improving airport infrastructure, building new defense facilities” – he explained.
00:01. Head of the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Analysts should be more careful in their forecasts, hard work gives victory
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba disagrees with those who say the Ukrainian counter-offensive may fail. Analysts should be more careful with their forecasts and forecasts, the minister said in an interview with the German daily Bild. “Winning comes from hard work,” he added.
On emerging opinions that the counter-offensive could fail, Kuleba said:
We take such statements with equanimity.
According to officials, generals and analysts, “Ukraine should cease to exist in February 2022 in three to ten days,” that is, at the very beginning of the Russian invasion, the foreign minister recalled.
Now they assume that Ukraine will not be able to regain all its territory so quickly (…)
– added.
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Source: wPolityce