In an exclusive interview with Sky News, Lieutenant General Valerii Zaluzhnyi says his forces are closely monitoring the activities of Russian forces close to the border.
Summary
- “But… my mission is to prepare and sustain the armed forces for their intended task - to defend the state.”
- “So I will repeat that our armed forces have been at war for eight years.
- What about whether his armed forces, which number some 260,000 servicemen and women, would be able to resist a large-scale Russian invasion?
- Asked whether he was disappointed, he said: “I, as the commander-in-chief, am responsible for my country and my armed forces in particular.
- I fought and I have been preparing my armed forces.”