He said this during a telethon for the Day of Unity.

He noted that the escalation initiated by Russia has shown who in the world is a true friend of Ukraine.

"And I assure you that we will not stop until we liberate our territories in Donbass, Crimea, until Russia pays for all the damage it has done to Ukraine. This is a process that will continue until our victory", - Kuleba said.

The Foreign Minister noted that Ukraine's partners have prepared a painful package of sanctions for Russia if it succeeds in further aggression.

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"Sanctions, the most painful package of sanctions that has not existed since 2014, have been developed and are ready to be applied in the event that Russia resorts to armed escalation", - Dmitry Kuleba said.

In addition, he noted that thousands of tons of weapons came from friends and partners of Ukraine.

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"Today we received from our partners the most modern, most effective weapons that will make Russia think three times before moving forward. After all, the losses for them will be terrible," the Foreign Minister concluded.

What is known

• Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Oleksiy Danilov stated that the situation in Ukraine is under control now, and there is no threat of a Russian attack on Ukraine on February 16-17.
• Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valery Zaluzhny notes that Ukraine does not currently plan military operations to return the temporarily occupied Crimea and the temporarily occupied territories in Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
• Defense Minister Alexei Reznikov said that the Russian Federation continues to militarize the temporarily occupied Crimea, but the formation of strike groups ready for the offensive is not observed there.

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