Budanov: "Russia has known about the preparation of the terrorist attack in Crocus City since February 15"
Kyiv • UNN
Russia has been aware of the impending terrorist attack on its territory since at least February 15, 2024, according to Lieutenant General Kirill Budanov, head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, who said that Russia underestimated the scale of the attack and tried to blame Ukraine for it.
The head of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine, Lieutenant General Kyrylo Budanov, said that Russia knew in advance about the preparation of a terrorist operation on its territory. This was reported by the press service of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, UNN reports. Budanov made his statement during a talk at the Third International Forum on Strategic Communications.
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At least on February 15, 2024, Russia knew about the preparations. I'll tell you more, this information went through the group's intelligence department in Syria. From there it went to Moscow. And don't let them tell you fairy tales that it all materialized miraculously out of nowhere
According to him, Russia knew where the militant groups were coming from and through which two countries they were moving to the territory of the aggressor state.
Why they allowed this to happen - there are several options. The first is that it is, as is their custom, a struggle between the "towers" to take down a few high-ranking officials. Another option is that they actually underestimated the scale of what would happen. They thought it would be more localized, and wanted to blame everything on Ukraine
He noted that the Kremlin has already changed versions of what happened in the Crocus City near Moscow three times, trying to somehow use the so-called "Ukrainian trace.
There were explanations from Patrushev and Bortnikov, who accused me personally and said that Ukraine did it all. This is nonsense. By the way, since we've touched on this painful issue, even though this is the enemy, I do not approve of terrorist acts against civilians in principle
The Ukrainian intelligence chief added that Russia sowed the chaos and arrogantly believed that it could control it.
There is a well-established expression, even a truth. It always works in the environment of special services: everyone is trying to create controlled chaos. Absolutely all more or less serious organizations have tried to do this at different times. And it is an axiom that none of them has been able to make it controlled. The same thing happened here
