Venemaa kaitseministeeriumi pressiesindaja kindralmajor Igor Konašenkov ütles 9. märtsil kohaliku aja järgi, et Vene armee on pealt võtnud Ukraina rahvuskaardi väejuhatuse salastatud dokumente, mis võivad tõestada, et Ukraina valmistub märtsis Donbassi ründama.
According to a report by the Russian Satellite News Agency on March 9, Konashenkov said, "During the special military operation (on the Russian side), the Russian army had some confidential documents of the Ukrainian National Guard Command. These documents prove that the Ukrainian side has Secret planning, planning to launch an offensive operation in the Donbass in March 2022." He said that in an order issued by the commander of the Ukrainian National Guard, General Nikolai Baran on January 22, the Ukrainian training assault team was described. Plans for offensive operations in the so-called "Joint Forces Operation" zone in the Donbass.
Konashenkov pointed out that the order also focused on "selection of personnel, having a psychologist examine everyone and ensure that they remain highly motivated."
Konashenkov emphasized that the Russian Ministry of Defense clearly remembered the Western media's report in February that the Ukrainian side had no plans to occupy the Donbas region with arms and made remarks that it sought to solve all problems through "political and diplomatic means". . "But the original confidential military documents of the Ukrainian National Guard clearly demonstrate the hypocrisy of these statements," he said.
