Beyond the final result that the armed conflict ends up having, theIt has not turned out as Russia expected initially. Moscow’s intention was for the conflict to last just a few days… and the military confrontation between Russia and Ukraine is already on its way to four years.
He former commander of the Russian ground forces, Vladimir Chirkinhas spoken out about the difference between these Russian expectations and reality in the Russian television channel RBC.
Chirkin, 70, has admitted the errors of the beginning of the military invasion of Ukrainian territory, expressing, in reference to the Russian Armed Forces, that “We have learned a hard lesson in Ukraine.”
In that sense, the former commander of the Russian ground forces has recognized that “We have traditionally underestimated the enemy and overestimated our own armed forces.”
In this regard, Chirkin has assured that the army command was convinced that the conquest of Ukraine would take just a few days. “If you remember, on February 24 (when the fight began) “Everyone said the war would end in three days.”he pointed out.
As to The reasons that led Putin to begin the invasion of Ukrainethe former head of the Russian army has detailed that “every war has objectives, and in this specific military operation, the president of the Russian Federation has set the objectives objectives of denazification and demilitarization”.
On the other hand, the former commander has made some very unusual statements on Russian television stating that, before the start of the war in Ukraine, “false information was provided to commanders.”
Specifically, Vladimir Chirkin has highlighted that “We thought that 70% of Ukrainians were in our favor and 30% against. But It turned out to be just the opposite.. “30% were in favor of us and 70% against.”
In relation to the Russian secret services, the former commander of the Russian ground forces has not bitten his tongue and has stressed that “would give a bad grade to our entire secret service community.”
