The head of the Main Intelligence Directorate stated that four days before the start of a big war, one of Russian banks in Ukraine bought up all the cash at the maximum rate. It should be noted that he spoke about this in an interview with TV presenter Dmitry Komarov.
For a year now there has been a large-scale war of Russia against our state, and on this occasion, the famous Ukrainian journalist Dmitry Komarov decided to make a documentary film. In particular, Budanov, head of the Main Intelligence Directorate, took part in it.
Why did the Russians have cash
In one of the excerpts of this film, you can see how the presenter asks an official about facts that are still classified, but which can now be discussed.
There is a very curious fact. In four days (to the big invasion – Channel 24)branches of Sberbank of Russia, which were represented with us, especially in Kyiv, bought up all the cash they could at the maximum rate. It was all accumulated in their vaults, – Budanov stated.
At the same time, he noted that the invaders were waiting for their people to enter the city in order to start distributing this money to them. Actually, the invaders planned to capture the capital in a few days, if not hours. However, the Ukrainian army did not let them do it.
Russia wanted to land troops in Kiev
In the same film, Budanov, together with Defense Minister Alexei Reznikov and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces Valery Zaluzhny were told about the landing of Russian troops in Kiev in the first hours of a large-scale war. According to them, the occupiers intended to land their military from aircraft near the Olimpiysky stadium.
However, they failed to do this – just as they failed to “take Kiev in three days.” By the way, this phrase later became a meme. The Russians hoped that no later than February 27, 2022, the Russian flag would fly over Kiev, but for a year now they have not been able to achieve at least the slightest success on the battlefield.
