hakim amir, the egyptian war minister, but there was no plan for it, the unplanned retreat of the egyptiansst used the opportunity. the best they could and devastated the egyptians. when the ussr realized that in the matter of hours the balance of military power in the war in the middle east had switched dramatically in favor of israel, it gave 48 of its mig fighter jets to fly from ukraine to armenia's naval base to pres prepare for attack against israel. on the other hand, the kremlin activated the hotline between the us and the ussr so that kosigan's ultimatum could be delivered to washington. the text contained the message that... that since the us is israel's supporter, we ask you to stop the continuation of israel's aggression against egyptian soil. about 7:15, the telephone rank was the duty officer in the war room, m secretary, prime minister kesegins on the hotline, he washed to speak to the president, so the president came on the line, he said god damn it, bob, what are you calling me for at this time in the morning, i said, mr. president, prime minister casegan's on the hotline,