He said this in an interview with the Obozrevatel.
“It is not a problem for Russians to mentally start a full-scale aggression against our country.
But they understand that the huge amount of losses that their armed forces will receive is a stream of coffins that will go to Russia, ”he said.
According to him, the Ukrainian army has motivated servicemen with "remarkable experience in fighting."
In November 2019, the former Minister of Defense of Ukraine Andriy Zagorodnyuk announced the country's readiness "to independently defend itself from Russia in the event of an attack."
In April 2019, the ex-secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine Oleksandr Turchynov said that Russia was preparing for a "full-scale war" in Europe, and Ukraine, in his opinion, would become "the first bridgehead."
In March 2019, a similar statement was made by the former Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Viktor Muzhenko.
He noted that Russia is plotting an invasion of Ukraine "along three lines."