The president of Ukraine said earlier this year, he tried to lower the possibility of Russia opening a military campaign to prevent the financial crisis.

President Volodymyr Zelensky revealed in the interview on August 16 with the Washington Post the reason he made a conflict with US officials who predicted the ability and the time of Russia to open a military campaign in Ukraine.

Since Russian President Vladimir Putin has concentrated more than 100,000 troops along the border with Ukraine in January, US President Joe Biden and the government official warned Russia will bring troops to Ukraine.

I am President of Ukraine.

President Zelensky press conference in Ukraine's capital Kiev in June. Photo: AFP.

The President of Ukraine now explains that notifying the public in advance of the military campaign will cause people to rush to store food and money, causing panic in the market and the financial field, which will make Russia Russia.

If I announced it in advance, we would lose $ 7 billion/month from October last year.

Wall Street Journal in April reported that the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) William Burns secretly visited the President of Ukraine in mid -January and shared information that Russia could quickly bring troops from Belarus in

When asked about the warning of the CIA director, Zelensky said that Kiev also received the same intelligence, but at that time the Ukrainian economy was difficult, starting to lose 5 - 7 billion USD/month.

I don't have time to explain, warn or commit.

Russia opened a military campaign in Ukraine on February 24 with the goal of demilitarized, non -fascinating and liberating Donbass.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, meanwhile, confirmed that all fake referendums in the temporary occupied territories were invalid and have no legal value.

When Vasiliy was walking with his wife in Kharkov, Russian soldiers suddenly blindfolded, tied his hand, pushed him into a bus, starting a nightmare journey in the prison.

Conflict with Russia caused Ukraine budget to exhaust, while Western aid drip, causing Kiev to struggle to find money to maintain the economy.