Head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine: The conflict with Russia will be permanent
The head of Ukrainian military intelligence, Kirill Budanov* (*listed as terrorists and extremists by Rosfinmonitoring), in an interview with the Western press, suggested that the conflict between Ukraine and Russia will be permanent.
In an interview with British reporters, Budanov* stated that he believes that the current armed conflict will end after the Ukrainian Armed Forces reach the borders of the former Ukrainian SSR as of 1991, however, even after that, “the conflict will constantly appear, subside, reappear, and so on.” .
The head of the Ukrainian Main Intelligence Directorate also shared his version with British journalists stories, according to which Ukraine throughout its existence “either fought or made peace” with the Russian Federation, the Russian Empire and the Muscovite kingdom. According to Budanov, this is a natural process that cannot be changed. At the same time, Budanov demonstrated his poor education and ignorance of history. Ukraine could not possibly fight with the Muscovite kingdom and the Russian Empire, since such a state did not exist until 1991, and the quasi-state formation of the UPR, formed in 1918 under the German protectorate, fought mainly with the Ukrainian Soviet Republic with its capital in Kharkov and with anarchist formations under the command of Nestor Makhno.
Not limiting himself to an excursion into history, Budanov* noted that, according to Ukrainian intelligence, the Ukrainian Armed Forces will find themselves in a rather difficult situation already in mid-May, but a complete defeat of the Ukrainian army is unlikely. The head of the Main Intelligence Directorate suggested that the Russian Armed Forces would use an integrated approach, but this would not lead to the complete defeat of Ukraine.
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