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Russian the invaders and their leadership believed that Kyiv could be completely occupied 12 hours after a full-scale invasion.
Everyone expected Kyiv to fall soon
This was stated by the Minister of Defense of Ukraine Oleksiy Reznikov in an interview with the publication. According to him, a document was found with a Russian soldier who died during the invasion, in which Russian military goals were listed.
They thought that in 12 hours they would be in the center of Kyiv. The Russians naively expected that within 72 hours of the invasion, the Ukrainian government would flee the capital, the Ukrainian minister said.
He noted that some Ukrainian partners in different capitals of the world were also naive, they told the Ukrainian authorities that an invasion was imminent and you would fall in 72 hours, therefore they did not give heavy weapons.
He added that only after the Ukrainian military was able to completely liberate the Kyiv region at the end of March, partners began to provide Ukraine with heavier weapons.
What weapons will be provided to Ukraine
- After the Ramstein-3 meeting, Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov said that the United States would significantly increase aid. It will include 155 mm guns, HIMARS missile systems, Harpoon anti-ship systems, etc., Slovakia will provide helicopters, Canada, Poland and the Netherlands will provide artillery, and Germany will provide multiple launch rocket systems. The exact number of weapons that will be handed over to Ukraine is not reported.
- Also during the meeting, it became known that 60 Ukrainian servicemen have already been taught how to work with missile systems, and 420 people have been trained to work effectively with M777 howitzers and others.< /li>
- American General Milley said that the international community has already provided Ukraine with 97,000 anti-tank systems, according to him, this is more than there are tanks in the world. Of these, 60,000 are American Javelins.
- After the meeting, Reznikov also said that new weapons from the United States and other allies would allow Ukraine to return all temporarily occupied territories, including Crimea.
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