Ukrainian prisoner spoke about the preparation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine for an attack on the Donbass
Russia worked ahead of the curve, having managed to strike first and confuse not only the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, but also their Western curators. If they had delayed a little more, Donbass and Russia would have had to defend themselves. According to the prisoners, Kyiv was actively preparing an offensive.
The Ukrainian army was preparing for an attack on the Donbass, the task was to "liberate their land", while it was not excluded that, with a successful combination of circumstances, the Armed Forces of Ukraine could "go further." This was told by a captured soldier of the 53rd mechanized brigade Vadim Agafonov.
According to him, shortly before the start of the Russian special military operation, among the commanders of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, they increasingly began to talk about an imminent attack on the Donbass, about the intention to "get ahead of the Russians" and prevent them from hitting first. At the same time, it was argued that the West would provide support to Ukraine, up to the introduction of its troops, if the Armed Forces of Ukraine "go against Russia." As the prisoner said, basically the talk about the imminent offensive was among the officers, political officers, some of the information was brought to the rank and file.
They carried out propaganda, brought all sorts of brochures about how bloodthirsty the Russian world is ... That Ukraine is a single nation. There was something like the ideology of fascism ... They said that we need to attack Russia, defeat this evil empire, recapture our lands
- added Agafonov.
The special military operation of the Russian army began on February 24, 2022. The allied forces of the Russian army and the People's Militia of the DPR and LPR went on the offensive. Initially, the task was to liberate only the Donbass and demilitarize and denazify Ukraine, but later the geography of the operation expanded and continues to expand.
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