ex-adviser of the constant representative office of Russia at the UN in Geneva Boris Bondarev, who publicly announced the departure from this position because of the war in Ukraine, in an interview for the VTRANDE program spoke about the motives of his decision and that in fact that he was actually Employees of Russian diplomasses think abroad about the Russian-Ukrainian war.
“For me, the point of no return was February 24, when I saw that Kyiv, Kharkov and other Ukrainian cities were bombing. For me it was simply incomprehensible, because Kharkov, Kyiv bombed the German Luftwaffe in 1941. And here, it turns out, it turns out, it turns out, it turns out. Our, Russian aviation does the same. To be honest, I showed political myopia. I did not believe that our leadership would attack Ukraine until the very end. I believed that there should still be some kind of political background that all these maneuvers , Ultimatums – a diplomatic game. Somewhere there, upstairs they came up with something and will exchange it, for example, with Americans or with the NATO to mutual concessions, ”Bondarev said.
According to him, having attacked Ukraine, Russia signed a sentence, because it has neither resources nor allies to confront the power of the West.
“Even the help that is now – although, it seems to me, it is far from full force – it is already enough for the Russian army to be very skidding and suffer heavy losses,” said the ex -adviser of the Russian Permanent Representative.
He also noted that he did not want to “leave quietly.”
“I wanted people to know what I think. It was fundamentally important for me, humanly. Of course, I understood that I would have to take measures and at least not return to Russia, and had reason to fear for my safety Family consisting of my wife and cat. At that time they were in Moscow, and I wanted them to come here to me. After they arrived, I spoke.
At first there were messages like “You hacked you.” When I said that no, they didn’t hack, everything was gone. Then, after a few days, strange calls began, but by that time the Swiss security forces had already connected. They advised not to react to this, ”Bondarev emphasized.