Deputy Head of the Presidential Office Andriy Sibiga, who is in charge of international direction at Bankova, said that President Volodymyr Zelensky was first offered to leave Ukraine on February 19 during the Munich Security Conference in order to create a " Sibiga said this during a conversation with NV journalists.

" ) and have dinner in Kyiv (having returned to Kyiv on the same day - ed.. )"

The reason for this was that at that time in the West there was little faith in the ability of Ukraine to survive, but, fortunately, they were wrong..

He also said that now all the efforts of Kyiv are aimed at attracting military and defense support..

Sibiga noted that, first of all, Ukraine needs air defense systems: "

Another need is modern Western tanks.. But Ukraine, unfortunately, has not yet received a single.

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The Pentagon says that the rapid counter-offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kharkiv region forced the occupiers to flee.

But thanks to the rapid retreat of a significant part of the Russian units, it was possible to cross the border with Russia. Obviously, they can subsequently reinforce the forces of the invaders in other directions..

US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, meanwhile, agrees that the Armed Forces of Ukraine have already been able to achieve significant success at the front, although the offensive of the Ukrainian military is just beginning.. At the same time, he warns that the Russian Federation still has a lot of resources to continue the war..