Zaluzhny told how the Armed Forces lured the Russians in a trap in the early days of the war

The Commander -in -Chief of the Armed Forces Valery Zaluzhny reported that in the first days of a full -scale invasion, Ukrainian troops lured Russian invaders deep into Ukraine to more effectively destroy the Russian troops and their logistics. He told about it in an interview with Time. Zaluzhny reported that in the morning of February 24, on the day of a full -scale invasion, he had two strategic goals for Ukraine's defense. “We could not allow Kiev to fall.

And in the rest of all directions, we had to shed their blood, even if in some places it would require loss of territory, ”the commander -in -chief said. The video of the day he stressed that the purpose of the Armed Forces was to allow the Russians to move forward and then destroy their columns at the front and lines of supply in the rear. On the sixth day of the invasion, the Zaluzhny concluded that it was working.

He recalled that the Russians could not seize airports near Kiev and advanced deep enough to leave unprotected supply lines. Zaluzhny also said that the Chairman of the Joint Committee of US Army Headquarters Mark Millie asked him about evacuation from Kiev to a more safe place. "For me, the war began in 2014 . . . I didn't run then and I'm not going to run now," General Zaluzhny replied. Also, the Commander -in -Chief of the Armed Forces was surprised by the misses of Russia.