Kramatorsk – An anti-terrorist operation is aimed at deterring aggression, rather than killing people, Head of the SBU Anti-Terrorist Center Vasyl Krutov has said.
“We absolutely do not intend to carry out the operation just to take revenge or do something that would shake these people physically. We are conducting only point actions, clearly focused and the ones that are not directed at depriving health or depriving life… When you’re limited not only to legal framework, but also to the framework of realizing your duty and, most importantly, your conscience, it’s really very difficult to do so. But we have chosen this path and we will do everything possible and impossible to deter this aggression through such methods,” he told reporters at a military airfield early on Wednesday.
He also said that there were no victims during the attempted seizure of the military airfield in Kramatorsk on Tuesday.
However, he noted that Ukrainian service have to deal “with a very skilled and professional opponent.”
“We’re dealing with a very serious, very skilled and very professional opponent. We must pay tribute: a very good level of training, knowledge of tactics, practice – these people were operating in hot spots around the world and on their territory,” Krutov said.
He added, referring to the special services, that the number of the so-called “little green men” in Donetsk region was growing.
“The day before yesterday [on Sunday] there were 150 people who are called ‘little green men.’ Yesterday [on Monday] their number grew by 300,” Krutov said.
He said that the main goal of the anti-terrorist operation was to stabilize the situation in the country.
