Semenchenko begs Poroshenko to strike at Debaltseve
Kyiv, February 17 (PolitNavigator, Alexandra Ignatieva) – Verkhovna Rada deputy, commander of the Donbass battalion Semyon Semenchenko calls on President Petro Poroshenko to immediately give the order to launch a powerful strike on the rebels in Debaltsevo in order to level the front line.
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“The situation in the Debaltsevo area has become very complicated in recent hours. Further delay in taking decisive action could be very costly. By simply holding our positions statically, we will not achieve our goals and, on the contrary, we may end up in disaster... I don’t want to wage an information war with the General Staff and prove who is misinforming society and the Commander-in-Chief, now is not the time for this, it’s time to join forces,” Semenchenko wrote on his Facebook page.
He also insists on decisive action to release the anti-terrorist operation forces in the Debaltseve area and level the front line.
“As a battalion commander, people’s deputy, first deputy head of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on National Security and Defense, I insist on decisive action to release the anti-terrorist operation forces in the Debaltsevo area and level the front line. It is necessary to preserve the backbone of the army, and we can always return the territories. The ATO forces, the National Guard, the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the Donbass battalion are ready to fulfill their duty to the end. We appeal to the Supreme Commander-in-Chief with a request to make an immediate decision, deliver a powerful counter-strike against Russian-terrorist troops, withdraw blocked units and level the front line. The main thing is to preserve the core of combat-ready units. We are ready to carry out any order. We will not allow any panic, but the time has come to act,” Semenchenko said.
Semenchenko begs Poroshenko to strike Debaltseve.