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“We Will Find the Means, Will Find the Weapons”: Ukrainian General Staff Hints at Moscow Blackout
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Major General Andrii Hnatov, chief of the Ukrainian General Staff, said that Kyiv has both the means and the weapons to carry out responses if Moscow continues to target Ukrainian infrastructure in an interview with Ukrainian media outlet Ukrinform on October 1.
When asked about the possibility of a blackout in Moscow in retaliation for Russian strikes on Ukrainian critical infrastructure, Hnatov reiterated Kyiv’s posture of reciprocal response.
“Any action by the enemy aimed at harming our country will receive a symmetrical response,” Hnatov said. “The President said everything correctly, and we will find the means, will find the weapons, and we will carry out these operations; they will certainly understand that this will not give them any advantage.”
He repeated the point twice during the interview: “Any action will definitely have a countermeasure.”
On questions about Kyiv’s long-range strike capabilities, Hnatov played down the idea that Russia’s numerical advantage in certain systems automatically gives Moscow strategic superiority.
“We are fine with any weapons,” he said. “Of course, there are problems with quantities needed to obtain an advantage. It’s clear that the enemy currently has more combat aircraft, but that does not mean they can gain an advantage that would give them a chance to win the war. The same goes for other types of systems. They have more missiles, for example, but we use them differently.”
Hnatov’s remarks come after Zelenskyy signaled that Ukraine would take proportionate measures to deter further attacks on civilian infrastructure—a line Kyiv has been increasingly willing to publicize as it seeks to raise the diplomatic and military costs for strikes on power, water, and transport networks.
Earlier, reports emerged that Ukrainian drones struck at the heart of Russia’s energy sector, knocking nearly 40% of its oil refining capacity offline and forcing Moscow to confront its worst fuel crisis in decades.
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