At the beginning of the Russian invasion, many Ukrainian generals and officers fled Ukraine. Aleksey Arestovich, adviser to the head of the President's Office, stated this in an interview with the Tsentr channel..

" Few talk about it. A huge number of senior officers fled, a huge number of generals. There were meetings in the power ministries of Ukraine for hours that it was time to run away. In addition to the Ministry of Defense, most likely. And some respected people said: "

He added that many generals and officers received offers to evacuate to the West and "

" The cadets of military schools who were thrown into battle did not know.

They saw the enemy and fired. And it turned out that the enemy is quite "

Arestovich predicts several more military clashes with Russia.

" Not so large, although one will also be large. And two small ones - border incidents, an attempt to capture Kharkov, separately - Mariupol. There will be a 95% chance,"

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Earlier it was reported that in the Luhansk region, the heads of four communities went to collaborate with the enemy.