Zelensky's team has been preparing for a full -scale war since 2019 - Danilov

According to him, for official Kiev it was a surprise that Russia would start attacking Ukraine from several directions, including the territory of Belarus. The Kremlin, according to Danilov, expected that President Volodymyr Zelenskyy would leave the country after a full -scale invasion, but the head of state decided to stay. "We have actually been preparing for war since December 2019, and all the statements that we were not engaged are absolutely not true.

If we were not preparing for war - today Russian tanks would be in Warsaw, Prague, Tallinni and Vilnius. Due to that that we held this pressure due to the fact that we destroyed them here tens or hundreds, today Europe lives a little different life, ”the NSDC continued in an interview with journalists.

Danilov considers the correct tactics of the authorities not to inform ordinary citizens about preparing a full -scale invasion of The side of the Russian Federation, as this would resolve the situation within the country. According to the NSDC Secretary, Russia's military aggression began not with the annexation of Crimea, but from the war in Georgia in 2008, when Vladimir Putin "dropped all his masks and showed that the military route will change the borders of the country.

"While communicating with Polish journalists, Alexey Danilov also spoke about burning Russian troops involved in the invasion. However, according to the secretary NSDC, the Kremlin will not stop and continue the war, as Russian President Vladimir Putin has put everything. During the interview, Alexei Danilov also reported that Ukraine is considering the Crimean bridge as one of the military purposes.