{"id":54843,"date":"2021-12-06T19:17:04","date_gmt":"2021-12-06T19:17:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2021\/12\/06\/ukraine-president-hails-military-as-russia-tensions-soar\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T09:38:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T09:38:12","slug":"ukraine-president-hails-military-as-russia-tensions-soar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/flashpoints\/2021\/12\/06\/ukraine-president-hails-military-as-russia-tensions-soar\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine president hails military as Russia tensions soar"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">KYIV, Ukraine \u2014 Ukraine\u2019s president on Monday hailed the country\u2019s military, saying its forces are capable of fending off a potential attack by Moscow as tensions soar over a Russian <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2021\/11\/10\/russian-troop-movements-show-wider-conflict-is-possible-top-ukraine-official-says\/\" target=\"_blank\">troop buildup near the Ukrainian border<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ukrainian and Western officials are worried that the Russian military concentration could herald plans by the Kremlin to attack its neighbor, a concern that is expected to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2021\/12\/05\/biden-putin-set-video-call-tuesday-as-ukraine-tensions-grow\/\" target=\"_blank\">dominate a call<\/a> Tuesday between <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/smr\/reagan-defense-forum\/2021\/12\/05\/what-biden-should-tell-putin-when-it-comes-to-ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\">Presidents Vladimir Putin and Joe Biden<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy praised the country\u2019s army as a \u201chighly capable and highly organized force that is confident in its potential and is able to derail any expansionist plans by the enemy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cUkrainian servicemen are continuing to perform their most important mission \u2014 to protect the freedom and sovereignty of the state from the Russian aggressor,\u201d said Zelenskyy, who donned combat fatigues on a visit to troops near the area of a separatist conflict in the country\u2019s east.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2021\/11\/20\/russia-preparing-to-attack-ukraine-by-late-january-ukraine-defense-intelligence-agency-chief\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21113343743431.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Russia preparing to attack Ukraine by late January: Ukraine defense intelligence agency chief<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Russia is building toward the ability to carry out an attack on Ukraine, the head of it&#039;s defense intelligence agency told Military Times.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The conflict with Russia-backed rebels in Ukraine\u2019s eastern industrial heartland erupted weeks after Moscow\u2019s 2014 annexation of the Crimean Peninsula. 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