“We are ready for escalation, ready for a new round of hostilities,” he said in an interview published on the website of the Ukrainian Center for Security and Cooperation.
According to him, "in addition to the stabilization operation ... a defensive operation is ready."
“If possible, we will conduct a counter-offensive operation.
The troops are ready for this, ”Pavlyuk noted.
He also said that US military assistance will be increased and will become permanent, since "Ukraine is now at the outpost of the struggle."