“We haven't started yet”: Putin has a new plan for the war in Ukraine/Getty Images
The President of Russia lives in his own parallel world, very different from the real one. Any person who has been at the highest level of the power hierarchy for 20 years will one day lose touch with reality. Read more in the channel 24 website exclusive.
And especially in conditions of authoritarianism. Under such circumstances, an official is inclined to lose the qualities that he possessed at the very beginning of his tenure.
“We have not started anything yet”
Most likely, our enemy Vladimir Putin is just himself convinced of the veracity of everything that, as it seems to him, is real. After all, the original plan failed. And Putin refuses to believe it. Consequently, he came up with another plan for himself, which, from his point of view, can be implemented.
That is, everything that happened 4 months before that was not his fault, not his problem. Everyone is to blame, but not him. Here's what he thinks. According to his new plan, things “haven't even started yet”.
The other thing is, what exactly is the plan, exactly? I personally have no idea about this. If we consider his words, taking into account the fact that the owner of the Kremlin before that, for almost all 20 years, was also isolated from all problems, uncomfortable situations, etc., then one ceases to be surprised at all.
Sitting at a half-kilometer table while meeting with subordinates is just another proof that the picture of reality is deformed in Putin's mind.
Putin's picture of reality is deformed/Photo by Getty Images
More one option
But on the other hand, I can assume that the Kremlin dictator really knows how the situation in Ukraine is developing and is trying with such loud statements that this is just the beginning to discourage our partners from further sustainable support of our state . Accordingly, focusing on trying to sow discord in the West, somehow intimidating it.
The plan may be that if it is impossible to win a military victory, you need to concentrate on win a diplomatic victory.
