The American Institute for the Study of War suggested that today Vladimir Putin could officially declare war on Ukraine and a second wave of mobilization in Russia . However, he repeated his old theses about “denazification”, “demilitarization” and added that employees of the Russian military-industrial complex could receive a deferment from military service.
Putin will no longer make statements today about declaring war on Ukraine. About this Channel 24 told political scientist Andrey Vigirinsky. According to him, Putin, according to him, needs to declare war on the West and imperialism, but he is unlikely to dare to declare it on the United States. Although it would be logical.
He believes that in terms of the categories in which Putin thinks, it would be necessary to declare war on an equal enemy, which he considers the United States.
And in Ukraine, he has this called “special military operation,” he stressed.
The political scientist noted the mobilization in Russia – the corresponding order of Putin has not yet been canceled, so it continues.
Important decisions were made last week
According to him, strategic decisions directly related to the conduct of the war in Russia in the next six months were taken last week. It was precisely when Valeria Gerasimova was appointed commander of the Joint Group of Forces in Ukraine.
This is the finale of all the measures taken by Russia to put the economy on a war footing and direct the military industry to need for a war against Ukraine,” he noted.
Vigirinsky stressed that the rest of Putin's statements boil down to: “we are stronger than ever”, “we have not been broken” and “everything is going according to plan”.
“And they do not amaze with their novelty”, – the political scientist believes.
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Putin runs into the second round and repeats the same
He also commented on Putin's thesis that military-industrial complex workers would be booked out of military service. would be people producing and servicing military equipment, ammunition, as well as providing for the needs of military personnel sent to the front, – the interlocutor emphasized.
In his opinion, their effectiveness at military enterprises from the point of view of the logic of war is higher than their efficiency in the trench.
Vigirinsky stressed that there is nothing important in Putin's statements today.
“It's already been a year since the beginning of the active phase of the war, and it seems that he runs into the second circle and repeats the same whole wars again: “denazification” , “demilitarization”, “protection of the Russian-speaking population”, “overcoming extermination through even greater extermination” is a rather “humane” position,” the political scientist noted.
He believes that Putin cannot say anything new, so he repeats the same thing. And if he repeats it, it means he wants to convince the citizens of Russia that his position is correct.
“He does this systematically,” Andrey Vigirinsky noted.
Other statements by Vladimir Putin: briefly
- Russian dictator Vladimir Putin has named a new target for a “special military operation” in Ukraine. It turns out that this is an attempt to end the war in the Donbass. He says that this is a forced decision, because until now he was led by the nose.
- On January 16, Kremlin dictator Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The parties discussed the war in Ukraine, and Putin once again cynically complained to Erdogan about the alleged. “destructive line of Kyiv”. Russia blames Ukraine, which is why it relied on the intensification of hostilities with the support of the West.
- On December 22, Vladimir Putin used the word “war” for the invasion of Ukraine for the first time since the start of a full-scale aggression against Ukraine. Probably, the head of the Kremlin “talked”, because this is not the first such case in Russia.
