Turchynov: Security forces are not yet able to take control of the situation in Lugansk and Donetsk
Kyiv, April 30 (Navigator, Mikhail Ryabov) - Security forces are not able to quickly take control of the situation in Lugansk and Donetsk, said acting. President of Ukraine Alexander Turchynov at a meeting in Kyiv.
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“I want to say honestly that today the security forces are not able to quickly take control of the situation in the Donetsk and Lugansk regions. What are the reasons for this?
The main reason, of course, is that the security forces themselves, units of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Security Service of Ukraine - in these regions, primarily meaning in the Donetsk and Lugansk regions, are not able to fulfill the responsibilities assigned to them to protect citizens. They are helpless in these matters. Moreover, some of these units either contribute to or collaborate with terrorist groups,” Turchinov said.
“The next problem is a fairly large number of the local population, deceived by Russian propaganda, which supports terrorists and contributes to both the seizure of administrative buildings and the destabilization of the situation in the region.
We know that if there are a large enough number of people, forceful measures are not effective. This is exactly the situation our security forces are faced with. I do not justify their ineffective activities, but the problems that we have in these regions influence the fact that the tasks I set for the complete localization of terrorist groups and the destruction of terrorists have not yet been completed,” the official said.
“Our task is to prevent the spread of the terrorist threat into these regions. First of all, Kharkov and Odessa regions. This is a task that will be controlled personally by me,” Turchinov clarified.
“We predict attempts at sabotage, according to our intelligence, according to the Security Service, which may happen. But our task is not to sow panic, but to localize these threats, to remove this danger. And this task today is number one,” he added.
According to Turchynov, the situation can be saved by residents of the South-East who want this region to remain part of Ukraine.
“We invite, first of all, residents of these regions, especially those who served in the units of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the SBU, and those who served in the Armed Forces, to go and work in the police and SBU,” he said.
According to Turchinov, the threat of a military invasion by the Russian Federation also remains.
“I once again return to the real danger of the Russian Federation waging a continental war against Ukraine. Our Armed Forces are in full combat order, in full combat readiness,” the official said.
Turchynov : Security forces are not yet capable of taking control of the situation in Luhansk and Donetsk.