“russian president volodymyr putin has discussed for a long time with head of the general staff of the russia’s armed forces valerii herasymov and with minister of defence of aggressor country serhii shoihu before the invasion and has postponed the offensive three times. According to our data, the attack on Ukraine was most recently postponed in mid-February. FSB has pushed herasymov to invade. The russians were convinced that they have prepared enough for the invasion because they invested huge resources,” Vadym Skibitskyi said.

At the same time, russia’s general staff has seriously underestimated the situation, because russia’s military units were provided with food, ammunition and fuel for only three days. In addition, Ukraine’s military intelligence has gained a lot of information from local residents who have accurately provided information “how many occupiers are in each settlement and in which building they are.”