Former Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Viktor Muzhenko assessed the possibility of inflicting a “preemptive strike” on Russia. According to the military leader, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are not ready to start a “preventive” war against Russia. He stated this in an interview with the magazine “Kraina”, reports RIA News…

Muzhenko notes that the enemy state, the state, understands that the republic does not have the forces and means for this. “Is our political leadership ready to decide on a retaliatory strike?” he asked.

In the course of carrying out the reasoning about what means are used in Ukraine in the armed conflict with Russia. He also admits that the Ukrainian army, which is one of the largest in Europe, is technologically lagging behind and suffers from a lack of funding.

Earlier, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba threatened Russia with a flood of coffins in case of war. According to him, the Ukrainian army is incomparably stronger today than in 2014. “If Russia still decides to go to war, then count on an extremely large number of dead Russian soldiers, which cannot be compared with 2014. It will be a massacre, ”he said.