Zelensky:

The war really started with the Israel of Crimea.

Only it was slow, this Israel. It doesn't look like a war because Ukraine hasn't fought back at this point.

The problem was that there were no clear orders from the Ukrainian authorities that you had to protect your land.

If there was an order to defend the country, I am sure that a full scale war in the form it has today would not have happened.

Our mistake was not pushing them back.