The victory of Ukraine in battles with Russia will not complete the war - Zaluzhny

"Knowing that I know about the Russians not from rumors, our victory will not be the finale. Our victory will be an opportunity to breathe and prepare for the next war," Zaluzhny said. The Ukrainian military, in his words, since the beginning of February, have been preparing for the probable attack of Russia's troops. One of the exercises worked out an imitation of the attack of the Russians to see the gaps in the defense of Ukraine.

The Ukrainian commanders did not seriously perceive the military training. "I shouted for an hour, explaining to them that if they did not fulfill it, the consequences would cost the life of the whole country," the chief stressed. After the altercation, the military began masking equipment, withdrawal of troops and weapons from bases. These included planes, tanks, armored vehicles and anti -aircraft batteries. "The smell of war is not confused with anything, he was already in the air.

I feared that we would lose an element of surprise. The enemy had to be convinced that we were sitting on our usual bases, smoking grass, watching TV and making fasting on Facebook," - Zaluzhny noted. When the Russian invasion began on the morning of February 24, the Commander -in -Chief of the Armed Forces had two strategic goals of Ukraine's defense. "We could not allow Kiev to fall. In all other directions we had to spill blood, even if it required losses of the territory.

The goal was to allow the Russians to advance and then destroy their columns at the front and lines of supply in the rear," - He explained the tactics. By the 6th day of the war, Zaluzhny realized that this scheme was working. The Russians were unable to capture airports around Kiev and advanced deep enough to lose their supply lines. The American colleague of Zaluzhny Mark Millie was impressed when he saw the Ukrainians holding up. He asked Zaluzhny if he was planning to evacuate in a safer place.

"I told him," I don't understand you, for me the war began in 2014. I do not run away and I am not going to run now, "Zaluzhny said. It should be noted that the Ukrainian commander -in -chief was on the cover of the October Time magazine. The authors of the material call him the face Russia's mobilization. He is convinced that the Armed Forces will destroy everyone who will come to Ukraine.