This was discussed on Valery Savchuk's author program "Different People".
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Subscribe“The Secretary of the National Security Council, Turchinov, in two years brought Ukraine into the top five countries in the world that have a complete missile production cycle, independent of anyone. For those who have forgotten, I want to remind you that at that time there was an arms embargo against Ukraine from the West. Until 2018, when Trump provided us with Javelins, we were given no weapons. We defended ourselves with tents, sheets, and bandages; we even purchased and brought in equipment for missile body production almost illegally. But this was accomplished, and we received the Vilkha missile with a range of 150 km, the Neptune with a range of 300 km, and we were already progressing towards 500 km,” - says Yuriy Lutsenko.
According to him, serial production was planned for 2019, the funds were already allocated, but after the elections, the Minister of Defense and the Chief of the General Staff froze this process, and the resources were redirected to “Big Construction,” which everyone was happy about.
“We paid the price in 2022 because we thought war was impossible and disarmed ourselves. Putin did not attack in 2019, 2020, or 2021, but struck when it became clear that the processes of disarmament had peaked, and that’s when the blow was delivered. This is the first response, and from this, it follows that in the next elections we must choose not so much a president, as we are used to, well, the head of state, but rather the Supreme Commander-in-Chief,” - emphasizes Yuriy Lutsenko.
He warns that Ukraine can no longer afford to experiment with populism; otherwise, next time it will not stand. The person at the head of the state must know everything about the Armed Forces, the defense industry, territorial defense, mobilization, etc. Regarding 2025, the guest of the program is convinced it will be the year of a ceasefire; for Trump, this is a fundamental task.
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As reported by Zna.ua, Bortnik explained why Ukraine should not trust intermediaries regarding the ceasefire.
Additionally, Zna.ua wrote that Musiienko discussed key points of the upcoming peace agreement with the media: “Not a word about NATO”.