A new large-scale Russian offensive has already begun, and its main goal will be the capture of Donbass. So far, the Russians cannot even occupy Bakhmut, but this may be the only achievement of Russia in its offensive.
Russian opposition politician and publicist Andrey Piontkovsky told Channel 24 about this . According to him, Ukraine assumes a possible exit from Bakhmut, but so far considers it expedient to “grind” the Russian army on a significant scale.
A coup could have taken place in the bunker
The Russian publicist is convinced that the change of the former chief of the Russian General Staff and close to Yevgeny Prigozhin – Sergey Surovikin to Valery Gerasimov is caused by distrust of Prigozhin.
Russian the oppositionist is convinced that a coup has taken place in Putin's bunker: watch the video
Piontkovsky is sure that on the night of January 10-11, 2023, a “mini military coup” took place in Vladimir Putin's bunker, in which Sergei Shoigu and Valery Gerasimov forced Putin to remove Surovikin and return Gerasimov to the leadership of the Russian army.
Surovikin was removed, Prigozhin, we now see, they are being destroyed, I think the generals will never forget how he treated them for six months. In the end, he will already be shot,” the publicist said.
Due to the fact that the generals managed to convince Putin and prove their case to him, they felt the taste of victory in the fact that they were able to “push through” Putin.
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This is the first defeat of Putin in 23 years of power, and now, having pushed Putin through one issue, their relationship has changed. The generals have already tasted Putin's fear. They are not yet ready to take any decisive steps, but they already have experience of disagreeing with Putin on certain issues,” the politician said.
The conflict between Prigozhin and The Russian Ministry of Defense is getting worse
- Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu ascribes non-existent victories to his department, ignores “conquests” by PMC “Wagner” Yes, back on January 25, the Armed Forces of Ukraine withdrew from Soledar, and Shoigu called it an “achievement” of the armed forces of Russia.
- At the same time, PMC “Wagner” captured a number of settlements around Bakhmut, and the Russian army played a symbolic role in reinforcements there. Shoigu attributed all the “victories” to himself.
- Prigozhin missed the opportunity to recruit prisoners. Now the Russian Ministry of Defense is engaged in this. Mikhail Podolyak believes that Prigozhin is losing control over everything, and his story will end in blood.
