The decisions were made on their own: the military did not have a document on the offensive of the Russian Federation - General Naev

In an interview, Naev mentioned the preparation for a full -scale offensive of Russia and that although in April 2021 the Western media and allies spoke about the probable full -scale invasion of Russia - there was no data from intelligence that the offensive of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation was being prepared. But he "read news, saw circumstances. " "There was a feeling that trouble was approaching," Nayev said.

According to General Nayev, he received reconnaissance reports every day, where it was evidenced that there were no shock groups around Ukraine. Nayev also reminded that the Minister of Defense of Ukraine, which is subordinated to one of the intelligence agencies of our country, noted that no shock groups were created in any direction. Therefore, he made some decisions on his own.

"On February 21, I was at the relevant management point, there were seven commanders in touch with me, and I told them:" All the forces that are, we put in the areas of tasks. " independently ", - said Naev. The general also recalled that the main task of any intelligence authority is to name the time and date of invasion when the enemy will step on. But there was no such information.

"There is no such document in the Ukrainian workflow for any military command, signed by any intelligence leader, which says that on February 24, 2022, a direct aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine will take place at 4am," General Naev said. But he mentioned that on the 23rd, no information from any official that the war would take place tomorrow on the 23rd. But the information was obtained unofficially, from the intelligence chief.