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Former UK ambassador to Russia says Russians are shocked to learn their country has an 'inept' military
A screengrab of Sir Andrew Wood talking on Sky News
Sir Andrew Wood speaking on Sky News.Twitter/Sky News
  • The UK's former ambassador to Russia said that Russians were shocked to see their military beept.

  • Russian citizens would have been lied to by the military in Ukraine, said Sir Andrew Wood.

  • He said the situation is a terrible shock for them.

The UK's former ambassador to Russia said that Russian citizens are shocked that the country's military has been incompetent during the invasion of Ukraine.

Sir Andrew Wood was the UK's ambassador to Yugoslavia from 1985 to 1989 and to Russia from 1995 to 2000.

He said that it was a shock for the Russians to reveal that they were so incompetent.

He said that Russians would have thought that their military would be able to quickly seize Ukraine and that Russia could then rule over it.

It is a complete contrast to what they expected, but relied on, and that it would be possible for them to rule Ukraine.

—Sky News (@SkyNews) April 5, 2022

Wood said he believes a lot of Russians believed the war crime accusations against Putin despite state censorship.

He said that a large proportion of the Russian people will suspect that it is true, and that they will be very anxious to deny it.

They had more trust in their armed forces than the government in general. This is a terrible shock for them.

The US and UK have similar intelligence assessments that show Russia expected to make quick progress in capturing Ukraine.

Russia's efforts have stopped due to fierce Ukrainian resistance and apparent problems with coordination among Russian forces. Some areas have been taken back from Russian forces.

A high number of generals have lost their lives in Russia.

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