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The Ukrainian government and public must invest all their efforts in providing proper materiel and technical assistance for the Ukrainian army, said Yulia Tymoshenko, the leader of the Batkivschyna party.

“Today, with them defending us on the front and sacrificing their lives so we can live in peace, we must ensure they have everything so that our army has weapons, clothes and is well-fed. We will not allow our government to ignore its own army,” Tymoshenko told reporters in Chernivtsi on Wednesday, Sept. 24.

She travelled there to visit a clothing factory which makes warm uniforms commissioned by her party for Resistance Movement fighters.

All resources must be given “to those who today defend our land, to our sons, brothers and husbands so they feel the country cares about them,” Tymoshenko said.

In her view, the authorities are responsible for providing the troops with everything they need.