By Eliza Popova
At the same time he kept secret from his strategy. "I was afraid that we would lose an element of surprise," Zaluzhny said. "We needed that the enemy thought we were all stationed on our usual bases, smoking grass, watching TV and fasting on Facebook. " When the invasion began, the general was tasked with maintaining control of Kiev. "We could not allow Kiev to fall," he said. "And in the rest of all directions, we had to spill our blood, even if in some places it would require loss of territory.
" Valery Zaluzhny's plan was to allow the Russians to advance to the capital and then destroy their columns at the front and lines of supply in the rear. By the sixth day of the invasion, he concluded that the plan was working. The Russians were unable to capture airports around Kiev and advanced deep enough to start straining supply lines, leaving them unprotected. At the same time, the general was surprised by the misses of the Russian command.
When the invaders met strong resistance or lost their opportunity to replenish their stocks, they did not retreat. "They just drove their soldiers to the slaughterhouse," Zaluzhny said. "They chose the scenario that was most appropriate for me. " We will remind, in August President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky said that he believed in the possibility of Russian invasion, he received signals from partners long before his beginning.
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