One of the most ridiculous options was Yanukovych.

The head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, Kirill Budanov, told who the Russian Federation wanted to “put” in place of President Volodymyr Zelensky. When the Kremlin dreamed of a “lightning” takeover of our country, it considered several options.

Budanov told about this in an interview with Natalya Moseychuk.

At that time, the Russian Federation did not have a clear candidacy of a person who was supposedly supposed to “replace” Zelensky. The Kremlin chose among several people.

“One of the most ridiculous, as for me, is the option of returning Yanukovych. He was actually prepared for this. As they imagined it, it’s hard to even imagine …”, Budanov said.

Of course, not only Viktor Yanukovych was also considered in the Russian Federation. However, the Kremlin had big plans for him. In the Russian Federation, they really thought that Yanukovych could return to Ukraine and say: “I am legitimate.”

“We had quite good intelligence information from his environment, how he was preparing. By the way, he himself was not so happy with this idea. But there was such an option,” Budanov added

How the Russian Federation dreamed of seizing Ukraine and “installing” its president

Earlier, UNIAN has already reported that in the event of the capture of Kyiv, the FSB had two puppet governments. According to The Washington Post, the FSB worked closely with collaborators, among whom former fugitive President Viktor Yanukovych and MP Viktor Medvedchuk, suspected of treason , played a leading role .

Recently, the GUR revealed how Medvedchuk was involved in the Russian invasion of Ukraine . He had some influence during the preparations for the active phase, which began on February 24th.

(C)UNIAN 2022