It has been said more than once in recent days that Russian President Putin has probably been misinformed by his security and military services about the war in Ukraine – from the initial prospect of victory to progress on the ground. To date, no one has suggested that this is part of a conspiracy, but rather the result of advisers who are afraid to say things to Putin that he does not want to hear. Perhaps now Putin has finally made it clear, seeing that a month later, Russia has not achieved its goals that were supposed to have come in a flash. Ukraine was not needed in a few days. Without reconstruction or change of course, the way forward seems long and uncertain. And now Putin’s inner circle, which once seemed to be at a dead end over the war and the officially stated reasons for it, is splitting quite dramatically between those who want to reduce Russia’s losses and those who want to run. they want to fight to the bitter end. hand over Ukraine in its entirety to the Russian people. “Some people think that Russia needs to be realistic about its goals and its resources,” Oleg Ignatov of the International Crisis Group told Fox News. Russian President Vladimir Putin in the center listens to Lebedinsky GOK CEO Oleg Mikhailov, left, as businessman and founder of USM Holdings, Alisher Usmanov, right, and Industry and Commerce Minister Denis Manturov, standing behind Lebedky GOK JSC, in Gubkin, Belgorod region, Russia, Friday, July 14, 2017. (Mikhail Klimentyev / Sputnik / Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File) He added that some of the elites actually believe that taking this position is tantamount to failure: “They would never say it in public, but if you read carefully some statements or posts on the Telegram or other social networks and talk to people, you can you see it. “ MINISTRY WARNS RUSSIAN SECURITY SERVICES “OUR CITIZENS CAN SEPARATE” Negotiations between Russia and Ukraine in Turkey this week sparked a storm of reactions from those who are not afraid to speak out. “Nice talks in Turkey!” sarcastically shouted one of Russia’s top propagandists, the TV personality Vladimir Solovyev, in his show on Wednesday, apparently criticizing the Russian negotiator who had left the meetings with positive statements about the prospects for a compromise agreement with Ukraine. .
He continued: “My friend did not think that any deal with the Nazis, as long as your boot is not on their neck, is considered a weakness. And you should not shake hands with this scum. And you should not exchange formulas with them otherwise “Ask, ‘How are you?’, chat. In principle, you do not need to meet or talk to them.” A damaged Russian tank appears after fighting on a main road near Brovary, north of Kiev, in Ukraine on Thursday. (AP Photo / Felipe Dana) (AP Photo / Felipe Dana) “That’s what I’m thinking. This is my personal view. Do not be misled and try to discourage our people and our troops with such crazy messages as yesterday. The mission has been set and must be fulfilled in its full spectrum. “Only from the Supreme Commander. And you will only listen to him,” Solovyov said. Skeptics find it hard to believe that any views expressed on Russian television are personal. Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, whose fighters are starring in the war in Ukraine, has expressed similar feelings about going to the end. “Kyiv, I assure you, if you do not come to us alone, if you do not fulfill all the requirements of our Leader, our President, there will be no mercy for you, for the government, for Rada [Ukraine’s parliament ]… For [Volodymyr] Zelensky. Europe and the West will not save you, because you are criminals, you have killed tens of thousands of people. You will not stay alive. “If there is justice in this world, you are done.” “It is better today to come and ask for forgiveness, first from the Ukrainian people, then from the Russian people,” a savage Kadyrov shouted on his Telegram channel before signing with “Allahu Akhbar!” Oleg Ignatov believes that all this could be part of the theater staged by the Kremlin to show that those who want to continue in Kyiv and not be limited to the battle of Donbas, as the strategy now shows, are people like Kadyrov. But Ignatov actually believes that differences of opinion between Russia’s powerful players may be more genuine.
THE STATE MINISTRY DOES NOT RECOGNIZE SECURITY ASSISTANCE FOR STAFF OF THE EMBASSY OF UKRAINE, FAMILIES The independent and widely read news site Meduza ran a great story on Thursday about how the Russian presidential administration is struggling with the idea of ​​a climb, reducing the ambition to occupy Donbass and how to project that idea to the public. , to package it as something positive, even victorious. “Citizens have been overheated by propaganda. Suppose a decision is made to stop in Donbass territory. What about the Nazis then? Are we not fighting them anymore? This word has been forged so much in people that I can not imagine how it can stop. in Donbass without losing points “, Meduza said, citing a source, apparently in consultation with the presidential administration.
Meduza sources say the Kremlin is concerned about those who believe the debate with Ukraine this week was an admission of defeat. Another excerpt from another allegedly relevant but anonymous general was: “So much coal was thrown into the locomotive’s furnace that it would not be possible to stop it immediately.” Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko leave a joint press conference after their talks in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, on Friday, February 18, 2022. (Sergei Guneyev, Sputnik Photo by Kremlin) According to Meduza, the Kremlin wants secret polls of its own people and supporters to really understand how Russian pro-war and pro-core supporters of the war feel and what they need to achieve in order to minimize the effects of the collapse. . And Crisis Group Oleg Ignatov says the crackdown – which Putin spoke of last week – may not be just about dissenting voices and “foie gras addicts” sexists.
CLICK HERE TO RECEIVE THE FOX NEWS APPLICATION Purges, purges, “purges” as Ignatov calls them, may well be aimed at the elite to pave the way for Putin’s political preservation. He can not win another election or two without them. “If a peace deal with Ukraine is not in Russia’s favor,” Ignatov said, “it means he will make decisions inside Russia, so he will have to consolidate power. Yes, he will make some clearings. The group will have to clear up.” of.”