The State Bureau of Investigation opened a case against Major General of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Serhiy Krivonos, the officer is accused of illegally protecting the Zhuliany airport in February-March 2022, journalist Yuriy Butusov said.
The officer returned to service after the attack of the Russians on February 24. Krivonos suggested that after Gostomel the enemy could drop troops directly to Kyiv, and on February 25 he went to the Zhuliany airport to get acquainted with the situation.
“I saw that in Zhuliany at that time there were no leaders responsible for the defense of a strategic facility, and there were no defense means.. I called the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine V. Zaluzhny, reported the situation and received a verbal order to take command of the airport defense, ”comments Krivonos.
By order of Zaluzhny, the general was sent a batch of 12.7 mm and 7.62 mm machine guns, as well as 23 mm anti-aircraft guns. Krivonos united all existing units and began preparations for the defense of the airport.
The runway was flooded with machine lubricant and blocked off with equipment, all objects and the perimeter were prepared for anti-amphibious defense, the personnel - mostly fighters without combat experience, conducted training firing.
“All my actions were confirmed by the leadership of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and on March 12,. Zaluzny confirmed my authority by personal order. On March 13, I was again enlisted in the military. But on March 29, I arrived at Valery Fedorovich and found out that the order to enroll me in the service was canceled, ”adds Krivonos.
The officer links the decision to cancel Zaluzhny’s order and open the case of the SBI with the revenge of the authorities for criticizing the preparations for a full-scale war, as well as with political competition within the warring country.
“The top leadership of the Armed Forces of Ukraine told me frankly that the Supreme Commander Volodymyr Zelensky issued an illegal order to cancel my enlistment in the military service in order to prevent Valery Zaluzny from appointing me to senior positions,” the officer explained.
Krivonos criticized this approach, emphasizing that a warring country needs unity, not political "
“It is a great shame that now the State Bureau of Investigation has come up with an artificial case against me, they accuse me of doing everything I should to protect Ukraine. This is a great shame for the state, this is an insult. I honestly and legally fulfilled my military duty to protect Kyiv, at the place where I was introduced. Therefore, this case of the State Bureau of Investigation is a stain of shame not on me, but on Zelensky himself, ”summed up the military.