Ukraine has been preparing for war for a long time and US warnings were not a surprise - Danilov

18 June 2022, 14:33 | Policy 
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Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Oleksiy Danilov said that Ukraine has been preparing for war for a long time, which is confirmed by the imposition of a number of sanctions by his department, including against media gauleiters. He spoke about this during an interview with the Liga. No"

" We started preparing for war. We realized that we need to remove the influence of the Russian Federation as much as possible. Imagine if until February 24 all these media Gauleiters, screaming from propaganda channels, were on the air of our television. Imagine that Medvedchuk is not sitting at home with a bracelet on his leg, but continues to work with his agents. Danilov explained.. - Imagine we don't pay attention to our cyber security and communications. And on February 25, no one has television, radio broadcasting, you can’t call... We have been preparing for a year and a half so that all communications are protected. During the war, this is the number one question"

At the same time, the Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council explains that the authorities could not warn citizens in advance that the war would definitely begin..

\? Can you imagine the level of panic that could rise? But we gave a clear answer so that our country would be ready for war,"

Danilov noted that the authorities hoped that " However, it happened differently, and from the territory of the republic, Russian troops entered several regions of Ukraine.

" On February 23, our chief border guard, General Deineko, spoke with the chief border guard of Belarus, he said: Sergey Vasilyevich, don’t even think about it.. A week later, we had exercises at the border, the Belarusians sent an observer. It was unpleasant for us when troops were coming from Belarus,"

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Recall that US President Joe Biden believes that Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky ignored warnings about Russia's plans to invade. According to him, in Kyiv they thought that Washington exaggerated forecasts regarding the war..

In response to these accusations, the press secretary of the Ukrainian president, Sergei Nikiforov, recalled how the Ukrainian side called on the allies to impose preventive sanctions against the Russian Federation, but this was ignored.

Read the truth about the war in Inna Vedernikova's interview with military analyst Agil Rustamzade for ZN. U.A..

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