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Zelensky admitted that he "didn't think" there would be a full-scale invasion 💩
As the president of Ukraine stated, the day before the invasion European leaders were negotiating with Putin. He promised them that Russia would not start a war, but in the end he deceived everyone:
"Putin promised them there would be no invasion. He deceived them all. He knew the invasion would take place. He knew everything," Zelensky emphasized.
"I didn't think a full-scale invasion would happen. I believed that our partners would take preventive measures, would get him to the negotiating table and say, 'Are you out of your mind? Are you going to start a war and kill people?' But the full-scale invasion happened anyway," he said.
In this regard it is worth recalling that as early as six months before the invasion, officials from the United States and European countries, as well as intelligence services, repeatedly sent warnings to Kyiv about Russia's preparations for a full-scale invasion.
At the end of January a number of countries began evacuating the families of embassy staff from Kyiv and also allowed some personnel to leave. The United States urged its citizens to leave Ukraine immediately.
17 February, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned the UN Security Council that Russia was preparing to attack Ukraine within days. 21 February, the U.S. moved remaining diplomatic operations from Lviv abroad — to Poland.
24 February 2022: Russia began a full-scale invasion.
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