During their meetings with the president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenski, Minister of Defence, Rust Umerov, and the recently appointed commander-in-chief, Oleksandr Syrian, Shapps and Radakin presented their observations and recommendations. Radakin feared that Syrians could concentrate besides much only on land fights, disregarding a strategy covering activities combined on land, air and sea, in line with Western military doctrine.
