"On February 24, the Russians did not create strike groups in full understanding of military skill.

I did not come up with this myself as a civilian, it was explained to me by the military at the level of the General Staff that a strike group for an offensive involves certain features: governing bodies, and supply bodies, and hospitals, and logistical chains, and strike groups, and so on.

So, in all those risky zones, the Russians had no signs of the completed formation of the strike group," said

in an interview with the "Ukrainian Pravda" publication.

According to him, that is why the successive de-occupation of Kyiv Oblast, Chernihiv Oblast and Sumy Oblast became possible.

In addition, the Minister of Defense of Ukraine added that the Russians violated their instructions and rules: artillery had to go first, and then tanks and infantry.

"But they were so sure that they would take us from a raid that they left the artillery behind, and went to Bravary with tanks and armored personnel carriers to capture Kyiv.

And they also brought their ceremonial uniform with them," he added.

"This means that they went on the offensive without being fully prepared.

That's why we cut their logistics chains so easily.

The same thing happened in Belarus," — convinced Alyaksei Reznikov.

In May, the Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine

, said that it was a surprise for the Ukrainian leadership when Belarus allowed Russia to use its territory for an armed invasion of Ukraine.

In June, the adviser to the head of the office of the President of Ukraine ,

, said that Ukraine trusted

statements .

"Objectively, we did not expect that your country would provide its infrastructure in full for a direct intervention in Ukraine.

We thought that the leadership of Belarus, despite its natural anti-democratic nature, is much smarter and will try to minimize its participation in direct military actions.

Now, legally, Belarus will be considered for a long time as the country that provided the infrastructure for the Russian invasion," Padalyak said.