President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky said that if the state had told its citizens about the preparation of a full-scale invasion by Russia, then after it began, it would have lasted only three days. Chaos would begin in the country, which, perhaps, could not be stopped, Zelensky said in an interview with The Washington Post.

He explained that with the start of the full-scale war of the Russian Federation against Ukraine, our economy was losing from five to seven billion dollars a month..

" ) would be losing seven billion dollars a month since October last year. When the Russians attacked, they would have captured us in three days,"

In addition, according to Zelensky, such information would sow chaos among the population of Ukraine and help the Russians absorb the state..

Therefore, in his opinion, the idea to refrain from reporting the impending invasion of the Russian Federation was correct.. It helped prevent the mass exodus of citizens abroad and strengthen the country. The head of state noted that on February 24, Ukrainians were "

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" ), then in October - God forbid, during the heating season - nothing would be left. Our government would no longer exist, I'm 100 percent sure. Okay, forget about us.. There would be a political war inside the country, because we would not be able to withstand the loss of 5-7 billion dollars a month,” Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.

The President clarified that Ukraine had no serious financial programs in the fall of 2021. At the same time, there was a shortage on the energy market created by Russia - our state lacked the appropriate resources. "

In addition, the head of state explained that it would not be such an easy task for the authorities to settle the panic in peacetime..

“It's one thing when chaos is controlled in wartime - you run the state differently. You can open or close the border, attack, retreat or defend. You can take control of your infrastructure. Another situation is when you do not have martial law or a state of emergency, but you have a state led by a huge number of different officials and institutions.

Minus 7 billion dollars a month, even without weapons, this is already a big war for our country,” summed up the President of Ukraine.

Earlier, Vladimir Zelensky responded to his American colleague Joe Biden for saying that he ignored warnings about Russia's intentions to launch an invasion.. The Ukrainian leader recalled that the allies did not provide the necessary weapons and air defense systems, although Kyiv asked for them as part of preventive measures..