Russia has created a network of secret agents in Ukraine by which it seized the Chernobyl NPP immediately after the invasion - Reuters

Five people who were familiar with the preparation of the Kremlin for the invasion were said that military experts in the environment of dictator Vladimir Putin believed that with the help of these agents of Russia it would only take a small military force and a few days to force the office of President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky to flee or capitulate.

According to NSDC Secretary Alexei Danilov, there were agents in the Ukrainian sectors of defense, security and law enforcement agencies at the time of the invasion of Russia. He refused to name the names, but said that such traitors needed to "neutralize" at any cost. The State Bureau of Investigation of Ukraine is investigating how legally the National Guard was legally in force by making a weapon during the Chernobyl attack, the Ukrainian official said.

From the court documents studied by journalists, it follows that the Chief of Security of the ChNPP Valentin Viter is suspected that he left his post on February 24. He is also suspected of treason. The wind told the investigator that on the day of the invasion he spoke with the phone with the commander of the National Guard unit and advised him not to put his part dangerous, saying, "The excitement of his people.

" One source, directly familiar with the Kremlin's plans for the invasion, reported that Russian agents were sent to Chernobyl last year to bribe officials and prepare the ground for bloodless capture. Reuters could not independently check the details of this statement.

However, the State Bureau of Investigation of Ukraine stated that it was investigating the former high -ranking intelligence official Andriy Naumov on suspicion of treason for the transfer of the Chernobyl NPP security secrets to a foreign country. Naumov's lawyer refused to comment. At the national level, sources familiar with the Kremlin plans said Moscow was expecting to activate sleeping agents within the Ukrainian security apparatus.

The sources confirmed the report of Western intelligence that the Kremlin had been tempted by the odious excellence Oleg Tsarev to the leadership of the Marionetkov government in Kiev. And in June, the former Prosecutor General of Ukraine reported that Putin Kum Viktor Medvedchuk had an encrypted phone issued by Russia so that he could communicate with the Kremlin. Although Russia seized Chernobyl, its plan for the seizure of power in Kiev failed.

According to numerous sources, in Russia and Ukraine, in many cases, Sleeping agents have not coped with their work Moscow. Danilov said that agents and their curators considered Ukraine weak, which was a "complete mistake". The people who calculated the Kremlin as their proxy in Ukraine exaggerated their influence in the years preceding the invasion of four sources familiar with the Kremlin's preparation.

The Kremlin relied in its planning on "clowns - they know a little, but always say what they want to hear management, because otherwise they will not pay them," - said the source of the agency. Moscow's spyware has been closely linked to Chernobyl for decades, especially after the 1986 accident. Even after Ukraine became independent in 1991, the bosses of Moscow reconnaissance remained influential there.

The source, directly familiar with the invasion plan, reported that in November 2021 Russia began to send to Ukraine intelligence agents under a cover, which was instructed to establish contacts with officials responsible for the safety of the Chornobyl NPP. The purpose of the agents was to ensure the lack of armed resistance after the arrival of Russian troops. According to the source, Chernobyl was also a point of transfer of documents from the headquarters of the SBU.

For the fee, Ukrainian officials conveyed information about the military readiness of Ukraine to the Russian spies. After the capture of Chernobyl, the Kremlin also expected that undercover agents occupying leadership positions play a decisive role on the path to the main purpose of taking under the control of the Ukrainian government in Kiev. But Zelensky did not surrender. Any expectations in Moscow that he will run away from Kiev or agree with the requirements of Russia soon evaporated.