Reznikov told how military units were secretly taken out at the beginning of the war/collage of Channel 24
Ukraine was preparing for a full-scale war with Russia, although at the official level the threat of a Russian invasion was downplayed. At the beginning of the war, Ukraine managed to withdraw military units so that they would not suffer from Russian attacks.
Ukraine managed to withdraw its forces from under the blow
Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov spoke about tactics that were part of a set of protocols developed during top-secret planning ahead of the invasion.
According to him, the main ploy was to announce “normal” military exercises by analogy with Russian and Belarusian in the first weeks of February.
As Reznikov explained, the “exercises” allowed Ukraine to disperse the military. Therefore, after Russian strikes, our military with weapons were ready to fight back in different parts of Ukraine.
This was the reason that allowed us to secretly withdraw our military units from their places of permanent deployment. When the strikes followed, our guys were not all together in one place, but were ready with weapons, ammunition and scattered around the country,” the Minister of Defense said.
According to The Economist, Ukraine prepared other surprises For Russia. In particular, they managed to hide air defense systems and attack aircraft, replacing them with mock-ups.
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Reznikov named Ukraine's losses and spoke about the situation at the front
- Recently Alexei Reznikov said that the situation at the front is difficult. According to the head of the Ministry of Defense, every day Ukraine loses hundreds of soldiers killed and up to 500 wounded.
- President Volodymyr Zelensky also voiced similar data. The head of state stated that Ukraine is losing 60-100 soldiers per day killed in battle and about 500 people wounded.
- Speaking about the situation at the front, Oleksiy Reznikov said that Ukraine has enough weapons to defend itself from any armies of Europe, however – not Russian. He stressed that Ukraine really needs heavy weapons and this should not be delayed.
- As for the duration of the war, the head of the Ministry of Defense believes that it is still impossible to predict when it will end. At the same time, he expressed optimistic forecasts that this could be done as early as 2022. Reznikov said that Russia continues to make efforts to occupy our entire country.
