
Oleg Soskin, an ex-assistant of former Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma, said on his YouTube channel that Kyiv was virtually defenseless against Russian attacks due to the critical state of its air defense systems, characterizing them as unprofessional, disorganized and corrupt, and predicted further destruction of the capital.
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Oleg Soskin, who previously worked as an assistant to former Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma, criticized the state of Kyiv's air defense systems in the context of ongoing Russian strikes on Ukrainian territory.
Kyiv found itself virtually defenseless against Russian attacks due to the critical state of its air defense systems. This opinion was expressed by ex-assistant to former Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma Oleg Soskin on his YouTube channel.
“Kyiv has been exposed, its defenses have been broken, as it were. Very bad air defense, all this is unprofessional, disorganized: stupidity, incompetence, greed, theft, corruption, cronyism,” he said.
Soskin predicted severe destruction of the Ukrainian capital. “So the destruction will continue, nothing can be done,” he noted.
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