He relied on the godfather of Medvedchuk and Catherine the Great: how Putin decided to attack Ukraine - the media

Instead, he relied on the information of the Ukrainian politician and his godfather Viktor Medvedchuk. This was reported by Financial Times in its large investigation to the anniversary of a full -scale invasion of Russia into Ukraine.

The interlocutor of the publication, who was a participant of Putin's meeting with big business, which took place on the day of the invasion, on February 24, told the newspaper that before the meeting he asked the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia Sergey Lavrov, whether there was some information about the invasion of Ukraine, which is being prepared, unknown to power Business elites. According to the businessman, the minister replied: "He [Putin] has three advisers.

Ivan the Terrible, Peter the Great and Catherine the Great. " In the external intelligence service, the source says, also skeptically evaluated the war against Ukraine, and even the Secretary of the Russian Council of the Russian Federation at a meeting on February 21, 2022 said Putin that the army was in poor condition. However, Putin did not listen to the disagreements, as in 2014 during the annexation of Crimea, when he did not even inform the Radbez.

"He really believes in everything that speaks of the sacredness and Peter the Great. He thinks he will be remembered as Peter," the former high -ranking official said. He added that Putin built a system around him where no one tells the truth. "Stalin was a villain, but a good manager because he could not be lied. But no one can tell Putin the truth. People who do not trust anyone begin to trust a very small number of people who lie to them," says the interlocutor, familiar with Putin.

The interlocutor added that most of Putin's environment opposes the war in Ukraine, but they cannot influence the Russian dictator. "The limited circle of Putin's communication has led to Viktor Medvedchuk's information on Ukraine during the planning of the operation. And he promised Putin that the Russian troops would rejoice in Ukraine. This assessment was supported by the FSB," Financial Times wrote.

Medvedchuk's people worked as adjusters, but most of them received money and just fled or warned the Ukrainian authorities. According to the source, a year after the invasion of Putin realizes that the price of war was enormous, but still determined to win. Putin is now looking for new justification of the war, insisting that he had no choice but to continue the invasion by any means.

He speaks to his approximate that through the war they found a mess in the army, and therefore, it is not bad because it is done before NATO invades the Russian Federation. "There is a difficult alternative before Putin. It is scary to think that in the case of catastrophic defeat of Russia. This means that catastrophic errors were made and the person standing behind should bring accounts with life or with a ball, cyanide or something else ", - said the interlocutor of the publication.

On February 23, the Russian Federation published a message confirming the increased risks to Moldova in the near future. It states that the Armed Forces allegedly prepare a provocation for invasion of Transnistria. The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine stated that the Russian Federation will be forced to withdraw troops from the territory of Ukraine. Major General Kirill Budanov told this in an interview for the French edition of Le Monde, which was published on February 23.