The Russian Federation is fighting: the professional army was destroyed by 2023 - Budanov

To spread: according to the chief of the GUR, Russia is fighting mobilized, although formally all of them are contractors, but the approach remains the same. The person is taken away - and a maximum of two weeks is on the front. The professional Russian army was destroyed by about 2023. After that, Russia waged the war mobilized. This was stated by the Head of the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine Kirill Budanov, Ukrinform reports.

"The professional army was exterminated in the period until 2023, then Russia is fighting mobilized. Although formally they are all contractors, but the approach is the same, that is, a person is taken away, a maximum of two weeks - and it is at the front. They are at war purely," - said Budanov. At the same time, he added that the goals of the Russian Federation remain unchanged, the Russian military-political leadership did not refuse and speak publicly.

"Their supreme leader says that the goals of a special military operation should be achieved. " Kiev in three days "turned into the third anniversary of a full -scale invasion. So, obviously, as they say, something" went wrong "," - added the head of the GUR. In his previous statements, Budanov noted that Ukraine can quickly reach a truce from the Russian Federation, but not to peace. Recall that Budanov also stated that the Third World War is already going.