Russia wants to provoke refugees to flee Ukraine by striking energy facilities – Office of President of Ukraine
STANISLAV POHORILOV – SATURDAY, 22 OCTOBER 2022, 15:51
Mykhailo Podoliak, adviser to the Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, believes that Russia is carrying out massive attacks on critical infrastructure in order to cause an exodus of refugees from Ukraine to Europe.
Source: Podoliak on Twitter
Quote from Podoliak: "By striking Ukraine’s critical infrastructure, [the] Kremlin wants to provoke new refugees [to] flee to Europe."
Details: In Podoliak’s view, whether Vladimir Putin, the president of the aggressor country, is able to implement his plan today depends entirely on the European leaders.
Podoliak believes that the only way to stop a humanitarian catastrophe is to provide Ukraine with air defence equipment as soon as possible.
Background:
- On 22 October, a long-lasting air-raid siren sounded twice throughout Ukraine (except temporarily occupied Crimea). The Russian forces struck energy facilities in many regions of Ukraine.
- According to information from the President’s Office of Ukraine, Russian missile attacks left 1,451,603 Ukrainians cut off from electricity throughout the country.
- Dmytro Kuleba, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, following Russian missile attacks on infrastructure facilities, called on Western countries not to delay the provision of air defence to Ukraine.
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