In fresh weeks, Chief of Military Intelligence Ukraine General Kyrylo Budanow became 1 of the main commentators of state affairs over the Dniepre. He first revealed that Kiev was conducting secret negotiations with Minsk and tried to prevent Lukashenko's engagement in the war. He has now commented on what his country expects from Russia to discuss the end of the fighting. Did the young commander become the face, or possibly the leader of the Ukrainian state?