President: In the long-term historical perspective, the main military threat is Russia – the country-aggressor

At the NSDC session, President Petro Poroshenko emphasized the necessity of approving new military-administrative division. The Head of State noted that our country was guided by the fact that “in the long-term historical perspective, the main military threat is Russia – the country-aggressor”.

The President emphasized that new military-administrative zoning would increase the efficiency of mobilization preparation and optimize the territorial defense system based on the experience gained over the past two years.

“Until recently, this zoning was based on the fact that the majority of military formations of Ukraine were located near the western border of Ukraine where all conditions for the troops were provided,” the President said. At the same time, the eastern border was not demarcated and virtually there was no eastern defense line, as stated by Petro Poroshenko. Thus, the country paid an extremely high price for that.

The National Security and Defense Council chaired by the President is considering three issues related to the hybrid war of Russia against Ukraine, namely the State Defense Order for 2016, new military-administrative zoning and the Cybersecurity Strategy of Ukraine.

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