🇺🇦🇷🇺 According to TASS sources, the idea of attacking before May 9 belonged to advisers and was "supported" by 's gang.

 The General Staff of the Armed Forces of and Commander-in-Chief Zaluzhny were against it, considering the plan a gamble, but their objections were considered insignificant, having thrown the accumulated UAVs and the few forces that could be used in the landing operation.  As a result, significant losses were incurred, and Snake Island was never captured.