Putin's plans failed because of the courage of the Ukrainian people.
The leadership of the Russian army promised Vladimir Putin, who unleashed a barbaric war against Ukraine, to capture Kiev in 5 days, and all of Ukraine in 2 weeks .
This was stated by US Deputy Secretary of State Victoria Nuland during a special online meeting of the Kiev Security Forum.
According to her, it is thanks to the courage of the Ukrainian people , the plans of the aggressor country were not implemented.
“When we first learned about Putin's military plans for this war – and this was back in the fall – his military told him that he would be in Kiev, will take Kiev in five days. His military commanders told him that he would have full control over the whole of Ukraine and would have this control in two weeks,” Nuland said.
She stressed that today the whole world is surprised at the courage, strength, determination, and patriotism of Ukrainians. According to the Deputy Secretary of State, the fate of democracy is being decided now.
“You (Ukrainians. – Ed.) are fighting for us all. You are fighting for the entire free world. The fate of the future of democracy is being decided, whether the autocracy will be able to forcefully change the rule of law and impose its will on any of us,” Nuland concluded.
Earlier, Biden said that Ukraine will never turn out to be a victory for Putin.
