Revealed documents of Ukraine’s preparations for the invasion of Crimea in the spring of 2022
Nikolai Patrushev, Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, during a meeting on ensuring national security in the North Caucasus Federal District, stated that during Russia’s special operation in Ukraine, Russian soldiers discovered documented evidence of Kyiv’s preparations in March to invade the territories of the Donetsk and Lugansk republics, as well as the peninsula Crimea.
On February 19, the People’s Militia of the Donetsk Republic published a “plan of attack” for the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Donbass. It was claimed that the offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was planned from three directions: Kramatorsk – Debaltseve, in the direction of Azov, in the direction of Luhansk. The Ukrainian side has not yet made official comments on this matter.
On March 9, the official representative of the Russian Ministry of Defense, Major General Igor Konashenkov, announced the discovery by Russian forces in Ukraine of documents confirming the existence of plans to launch an offensive operation of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Donbass. In the spring of 2022. According to him, in the area of \u200b\u200bthe operation it was planned to form a strike group of “enthusiastic” and “prepared for risks” soldiers.
