Ukraine: With the new American weapons, we're going to bring the Crimea and the Donbas back.

“We will release all our territories, all including the Crimean”, he said.

“Krima is a strategic target for Ukraine because it is a Ukrainian territory”, Reznikov added. “But we'll go step by step”

The defence minister said the first step would be to stabilise the situation on the ground to avoid further losses against Russian forces. The second phase, he said, would be the setback of Russian forces in their positions prior to the 24 February invasion.

Only in the third phase, he told CNN, will there be disks with Ukrainian partners that “will be released territories, including the Crimean”, Reznikov said. Ukrainian officials say they will not use these weapons for attacks on the Russian Federation, however, Ukraine does not consider the Crimean as part of Russian territory./Periscopi/