"If the worst option" happens ": Budanov called a country that can be the next goal of the Russian Federation (video)

To spread: According to the head of the GUR, the restoration of the empire within the former Soviet Union with the accession of the Warsaw Bloc countries is a "minimum" task for Russia. The head of the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine Kirill Budanov stated that Russia perceives itself not as a federation, but as an empire. Moscow's strategic goal is to restore control over the former Warsaw Treaty.

Budanov said this during a special meeting of YES, dedicated to the third anniversary of a full -scale war in Ukraine. He noted that Poland may become the next Kremlin's aggression object. "If the worst option happens, and three countries are united in a single (Russia, Belarus, Ukraine - Ed. ). And it is not necessary to be afraid of this, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Bulgaria will be realized. The empire is formed.

According to him, the Russian Federation will try to do everything in order to achieve "absorption of Ukraine" by military, political and non -political, as well as internally social methods. Russia needs both the territory, the population, and the factories. "Without us, the empire cannot happen. Their strategic goal is unchanged," Budanov said. However, the Russian Federation understands that it is unrealistic to achieve a strategic goal quickly.

"I will not say that Russia is not able to have everything bad. It's not. They are moving forward. But this movement is not so significant. It is not sufficient to achieve their strategic goal quickly. Therefore it needs a pause," he said Head of Ukrainian Intelligence. Budanov believes that the pause of the Russians will use to restore strength, work on mistakes, try to destabilize the situation within our country.