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Essential theses from Budanov's last interview with Radio Liberty:
▪︎It is impossible to return Crimea without hostilities.
"It is impossible without military hostilities, as I have said all these years, this has been my position for a long time... Have you ever heard from me that it is possible to return any territory in a bloodless way? Most likely, no."
▪︎"The Intelligence Directorate cannot exist without space intelligence. We use our own access to various spacecraft, we receive information on interaction, and also through our own channels. We have no problems with space exploration. There are problems with the speed of receiving information, well, this is a technical process. But looking at what is happening now, it is not a problem for us, with a delay of about an hour."
▪︎A total of 436 Russian planes are participating in air operations against Ukraine. "It's a lot. But if you ask how many Tu-22s are among them, then there will be only a few. They had about 31 serviceable Tu-22s left, now 29 – and minus two more of those that will be under repair, i.e. 27. That is, there are not so many that are actually flying."
▪︎Ukraine has much less so-called exchange fund than there is in russia. The invaders captured many people at the beginning of the invasion;
▪︎There are several manufacturers of maritime drones in Ukraine, they are an effective weapon of deterrence (40-30% reach the target);
▪︎Russian ships do not enter the northern and western parts of the Black Sea, they hide "around the corner of Crimea";
▪︎Bon barriers on the Crimean bridge will complicate the operation of surface drones, but will not stop it;
▪︎Recent explosions near the Kerch bridge (when there was smoke in 4 places) – the target was not the bridge, but the smoke caused panic among the locals;
▪︎On reason to show the details of successful operations such as the SSU detonation of the Crimean bridge with the help of explosives in the film:
"The people reporting this probably know why and for whom it is being reported";
▪︎On September 7, a film about GUR will be released, which will describe the Mi-8 hijacking operation in detail;
▪︎Russia has not yet lost on the battlefield, but the Russian Federation has already lost strategically. Senior management has long since prepared places for themselves abroad;
▪︎ Russian generals Surovikin and Yudin opposed a full-scale invasion of Ukraine;
▪︎ Budanov's wife lives with him in his office