On the eve of the full-scale invasion of Russia, the strike unit of the special purpose unit went to the

Gostomel

airfield , because Ukrainian intelligence knew the plans of the occupying army to start the operation.

The head of the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, Kyrylo Budanov, said this on the air of the telethon.

"On February 23 of this year, our special purpose unit was armed and dispersed. The shock unit went to the Gostomel airfield. We had clear plans as to how this operation should begin. The main element of this operation is Gostomel to make a quick approach to Kyiv. In principle, the whole plan "The Russian Federation was based on raising the Russian flag over the Presidential Administration no later than on the third day. We understood that if we delayed this landing and let the Armed Forces deploy, the whole plan would collapse from the very beginning. That's what happened," he said.

We will remind that, according to forecasts of military intelligence, the

war between Russia and Ukraine will soon end

.

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