Ukraine was preparing for a Russian invasion, but the lack of proper armaments and preventive sanctions against Russia could not prevent it.
Source: The President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy
The President of Ukraine stated that Ukraine was preparing for an attack, but at first, no one supported it.
“The signals you mention were all different. If everyone warned Ukraine that there would be a full-scale invasion tomorrow, the question arises: why the airspace was not closed, why we were not given weapons before this invasion and why not temporary sanctions were imposed in order to restrain the President of Russia? I would say so. Let’s be honest: we were preparing for this, at first, no one supported us, and now I am grateful to all partners for the support we have,” Zelenskyy concluded.
He noted that a year ago, he asked for air defense systems to be provided to Ukraine.
“We also talked about the missile program, I reported about it a year ago and presented the program, what air defenses we need to protect ourselves. If they heard me, Ukraine would have a better chance to stop the invasion of the Russian Federation.”
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