Putin failed – Malomuzh on the achievements of volunteers in Russia

Since March 12, the operation of Russian volunteers in the Belgorod and Kursk regions has continued. There are already results of this raid, and one of the most important is that it continued during the so-called presidential elections in Russia. The progress of the voting was overshadowed by the actions of fighters of volunteer units.

Retired Army General, ex-head of the Foreign Intelligence Service Nikolai Malomuzh told 24 Channel that the operation of the Freedom of Russia Legion, the Russian Volunteer Corps and the Siberian Battalion dealt a strategic military-political blow to the prestige of Vladimir Putin and his regime. During the election period, when unprecedented security measures were introduced, especially at the border, volunteer corps entered Russian territory.

This will weaken the Putin regime

It is important that the units include Russians, as well as Chechens, and they are the ones successfully neutralized the forcesRussian border guards, FSB, Ministry of Internal Affairs, Russian Guard.

This operation created a socio-political resonance and proved that Putin had failed as a dictator in terms of ensuring the security of his regime from Vladivostok to Kaliningrad. The threat arose in the heart of Russia, where the most active fighting takes place. However, the Russian security system did not work. And this showed the weakness of the regime,” noted the ex-head of the Foreign Intelligence Service. not only against Russian law enforcement and intelligence services, but also military units.

The most important thing is that during the election period Putin was unable to neutralize this movement. An association arises with the Wagnerite march on Moscow in June 2023. But then a terrorist organization was operating, and Putin was confused. And now everything is happening in a democratic format, because volunteers are fighting the regime to transform Russia into a democratic state,” explained the retired army general.

Putin at first did not recognize the raid by volunteers , but after the completion of the so-called vote, he admitted that there was a real front in the border area and a real military group was working. Therefore, Russia will have to take retaliatory actions, which means removing Russian military personnel from the front and transferring them to the Belgorod and Kursk regions. This will weaken Putin's position at the front in the occupied territories of Ukraine.

Signal to the Russians

At the same time, Russian volunteers are not going to stop and are preparing an operation to encircle the region in which they are currently working. It is impossible to bombard it with rockets and artillery, because it is a wooded area.

In addition, this operation is a signal to the radical part of Russians who oppose the regime that it is possible to organize protests in different regions of Russia and damage strategic facilities, factories, and launchers. This is already happening,” Nikolai Malomuzh emphasized.

In the future, according to him, more powerful operations at the front will be prepared and in parallel, units throughout Russia will be brought in to strike the regime from the inside. Such a prospect awaits Russia, and this was noted by representatives of foreign intelligence services, and also some theses were voiced by the leadership of Ukraine.

What is happening in the border areas regions of Russia: briefly

• Russian volunteers attacked Russian surveillance systems and communications on the battlefield on March 19. The targets were attacked by drones in the Zhuravlevki area of ​​the Gaivoronsky district in the Belgorod region. They also captured 27 occupiers.
• At the same time, an evacuation was announced in the Belgorod region. According to the governor of the Russian region, Vyacheslav Gladkov, this is due to constant regular arrivals.” Authorities plan to evacuate approximately 9 thousand children.