"Practically failed": Budanov stated that Russia organized the operation "Maidan-3" (video)
Kirill Budanov, Head of the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, reported on February 25 at the sidelines of the Forum "Ukraine. Year 2024". He noted that "Russia failed the most expensive in its history of IPSO. " Such an operation in their documents was called "Maidan-3". In its implementation, the Russians invested considerable funds. "This is the most expensive operation for them and it has almost failed," said the head of the department.
During the realization of these intentions, the occupiers planned to create a situation, the main goal of which was to question the legitimacy of decision -making in Ukraine in the period after May 20 this year. They were counting on "certain turmoil" in Ukrainian society. The kind of chaos had to influence the Ukrainian army. In the first half of June, the invaders planned to defeat in the east.
To do this, they planned to take advantage of the loose situation in the Ukrainian army, but they will not be able to do. "Their special operation has already failed," Budanov added. We will remind, on February 25 Budanov stated that Western countries provide invaluable intelligence support, which allows you to fix the places of launch of Russian missiles. He also stated that Western intelligence helps to track the location of Russian spies that are searched for NATO and other states.