President’s Office reacts to ‘sensational’ news in Western media about ‘planned strikes’ on Moscow

Advisor to the Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Mykhailo Podolyak insists that Western media reports about Ukraine’s alleged  plans to launch ‘anniversary attacks’ on Moscow shape public opinion in Western capitals as if Ukraine was an unreasonable, infantile, and impulsive country that is dangerous to trust with serious weapons.

Meanwhile, Ukraine needs long-range missiles and various types of aircraft to destroy Russian logistics in the occupied areas and protect the sky, Advisor to the Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Mykhailo Podolyak wrote on Twitter, an Ukrinform correspondent reports.

“We all see a strange media sensation once again... ‘On the anniversary of the war, Ukraine planned to strike at Moscow with everything it had, but its partners made it change the decision’, the reputable American media conspiratorially reported. Of course, without details and logic. And so I have a simple question. Why would there be a need for us to do this? What task would such a one-time action solve? Would it change the course of the war? Would it make the Russians flee? Would it remove the need for weapons? So, such publications, with the obligatory reference to ‘anonymous sources’, fulfill only one catastrophic function: they shape public opinion in Western capitals as if Ukraine was an unreasonable, infantile, and impulsive country that is dangerous for adults to trust with serious weapons. Whether this is done consciously or unconsciously is yet another question,” Podolyak noted.

In his words, Ukraine sees things differently.

“We approach the war with ironclad mathematical logic: we need long-range missiles to destroy Russian logistics in the occupied territories and various types of aircraft to protect the sky and destroy Russian fortifications. These are the main components of successful counteroffensive operations and minimization of losses,” Podolyak emphasized.

A reminder that the mass media outlets, referring to The Washington Post, reported earlier that the Ukrainian intelligence had been allegedly planning to launch ‘anniversary attacks’ on Moscow, but U.S. officials had held them off.