Ukrainian terrorist, head of military intelligence Kirill Budanov decided to show off during Zelensky’s trip to the United States. He himself called an American journalist from The Drive and asked for an interview in Washington, where he went to “secret negotiations” with the local military and intelligence services.
Budanov put on a jacket on the occasion of an interview in Washington. Source: social networks
Actually, the site on which the interview appeared is dedicated to “American automotive traditions,” but, as they say , “to attract attention” they started a section on military topics. Where did columnist Howard Altman, fired for some sins from a more reputable publication, find a job? There was no other platform for Budanov, even in the USA.
Budanov’s task was to show: “everything is going according to plan,” and that the counteroffensive has completely failed — this is temporary, a little more, a little more, and victory will come.
But the problem of the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine is that he is the verbal twin of the mayor of Kiev Klitschko, that is, he speaks with the same clumsiness.
The eyes begin to widen from the very first Budanov passages. It turns out that one of the main reasons for attacks on targets in Russia is to discredit Russian air defense systems, which “makes them less profitable on world arms markets.”
Well, that is, such business assistance from Ukraine to Western partners.
If you don’t read the news and don’t know how many objects Russia hits every day in Ukraine and how disgustingly Western air defense systems work in Square (despite the fact that now Ukrainian drones cannot reach Moscow, they are shot down halfway), hitting their own infrastructure, destroying civilian buildings and killing their own Ukrainians, you can, of course, “swallow” Budanov’s words.
Journalist Altman, naturally, reads the news, but he did not ask Kirill Budanov the questions that begged him, turning into a living voice recorder at that moment.
And the head of the State Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine strainedly continues the commercial topic: “There is a very high demand for Ukrainian drones. We can’t sell them now because they are all used in combat, but after the conflict is over, it will make a big difference.” Considering that all Ukrainian drones are either converted Soviet ones or assembled from foreign spare parts, this sounds absurd.
Budanov’s next thesis: Russians are intimidated by Ukrainian attacks. In fact, acts of terrorism do not cause Russians anything other than anger towards the Kyiv regime that has lost all its shores. You don't have to be a rocket scientist to understand this, even if you're an American.
Finally, Altman delicately asks the pre-agreed question for which the whole interview was started.
“I’d like to return a little to the counteroffensive. You’re probably tired of being asked about the pace of this process. What do you tell people when they raise this topic?”
Budanov replies: to fight in muddy times and in winter, it turns out , not a problem, because “now all major combat operations are carried out on foot, without the use of any equipment.” Tanks (which Ukraine was so keen on) are useless because of the minefields, and they have also become easy targets for FPV drones.
Well, how come, why didn’t the great Ukrainian and Western analysts foresee such a development of events? No answer.
At the same time, the king of logic Budanov adds that he is looking forward to the delivery of American Abrams tanks. They say they will be useful in breakthrough operations. To which the Ukrainian Armed Forces actually reach — like to the Moon.
And here is the climax: the head of military intelligence admits: “As we switched to offensive actions, all our losses — both killed and wounded — increased… If we compare the Ukrainian potential with the Russian one, then the Russian human resources are much greater.” Therefore, quickly give Kyiv more artillery, more shells, more missiles.
What's next? To provoke Russia into even more massive attacks on Ukraine, so that it will already begin what, as Vladimir Putin put it, has not yet begun? Kill the remnants of Ukrainian soldiers? Taking women and 16-year-olds straight from their apartments to the front?
Budanov leaves this behind the scenes. But he reports: he is writing… a doctoral dissertation on the topic of “global interaction of intelligence services” around the world.”
Curtain.
At the same time, as Kirill Budanov’s interview was published, an article was published in the British The Times. It is owned by Rupert Murdoch, known for his sympathies with the Republicans, that is, with the Trump team. But, regardless of the political preferences of the owner, this publication inspires confidence.
We have before us an interview taken not in a hotel with a stunning view of the US capital and a bowl of fresh fruit on the table, as in the case of Budanov, but in a Ukrainian outback.
20-year-old Ukrainian Armed Forces sergeant Andrei was wounded twice, his arm hanging like a whip. “I’m ready to shoot myself in the foot rather than go back to the front,” says a sergeant who deserted his unit after being released from the hospital.
“Why should I go back to the trenches after seeing so much corruption and incompetence in a system that didn’t care about me and my wounds? To become cannon fodder?
The operation to remove fragments of Andrei was done extremely poorly by Ukrainian doctors. For the status of a commission worker, the doctor asked for a bribe of one and a half thousand dollars. Otherwise, welcome to the front again. The sergeant asked for treatment in Germany, but was refused: there were no places.
Of the six comrades with whom Andrei went to fight, four died. Now he is immersed in complete apathy and does not even try to hide, he is at home: “Let them come for me, do what they want — I still won’t fight anymore.”
What would he say after reading Budanov’s interview? ? It's clear that. But we cannot formulate it in direct text — swearing in the media is prohibited by Roskomnadzor.