Russia-Ukraine war: Zelenskyy reveals why he didn't warn Ukrainians about Russian invasion

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Tuesday explained why his government didn’t openly warn Ukrainians to kw about Russian invasion just days before he was alerted with intelligence on looming Russian invasion. In his interview with Washington Post on Tuesday, Ukraine's President Zelenskyy clarified that if he h hurled cautions at Ukrainian citizens about  invasion in vance, Russia would have captured Ukraine in a matter of three days.

According to Zelenskyy, chaos and panic would have ensued h Ukrainians kwn about conflict, and without martial law imposed just days after Russians launched offensive on Ukraine, it would have led to a significant weakening of ecomy. Publicly mitting to looming Russian assault on Ukrainian soil, would have led to a mass exodus, as per  Zelenskyy, and that would have me invasion much easier. 

Biden says Zelenskyy 'didn’t want to hear it'

US President Joe Biden h earlier said that Zelenskyy “didn’t want to hear it” after United States intelligence officials informed about potential Russian attack planned around Feb. 24 invasion. At time, Biden h pledged an estimated $40 billion in new military and humanitarian aid for Ukrainians. During an dress at a fundraising event in Los Angeles, Biden stated that his ministration h alrey warned Zelenskyy and his government that Russian troops might launch an invasion based on US intelligence. 

“I kw a lot of people thought I was maybe exaggerating,” US President Joe Biden said, according to Associated Press. Biden stated that his ministration h "data to sustain”that Russian President Vlimir Putin “was going to go in, off border.” “re was doubt, and Zelenskyy didn’t want to hear it, r did a lot of people,” Biden h told reporters, according to Bloomberg. “I understand why y didn’t want to hear it, but [Putin] went in," US President said. 

“thing like this has happened since World War II. I kw a lot of people thought I was maybe exaggerating. But I knew we h data to sustain he” — meaning Russian President Vlimir Putin — “was going to go in, off border," US leer told dors. He ded, “re was doubt,” Biden said. “And Zelenskyy didn’t want to hear it.”