In Russia, more and more experts fear that Putin will lose the war against Ukraine. The Kremlin’s tactics are “disastrous”.
Moscow – Armed Forces of the President of Russia Vladimir Putin Heading towards military “defeat”. At least that’s what Igor Kirkin thinks. After more than a year of conflict, fighting has intensified in eastern Ukraine, and many analysts believe Russia’s winter offensive efforts have largely failed.
Kirkin is a Russian military blogger who rose to prominence when Moscow annexed Crimea in 2014. The former FSB agent, who describes himself as a Russian nationalist, supports the goals of the Ukraine invasion but is critical of the Kremlin leadership. In his opinion, the troops were not enough for the invasion of Ukraine Newsweek. Kirkin gave a scathing assessment and leveled accusations against Russian state media. These will “illuminate” the situation in Ukraine.
Ukraine War: Kirkin Fears Russian Defeat
“It has a very negative impact on the situation across the country, across our state,” Kirkin said. I am not afraid to say that we are moving towards military defeat. Kirkin also criticized the Russian army for its lack of progress during the winter.
“During the winter we could not push back the enemy even half a kilometer from Donetsk, even as we withdrew from Kherson. We retreated from the Kharkiv region. We retreated from near Kiev,” Kirkin said.
Russia ‘totally unprepared’ for long war
Kirkin pointed out that the Russian economy and military were “completely unprepared” for a “long, protracted war”. He criticized Russian officials for legally classifying the invasion as a “special military operation” rather than a war.
Rajan Menon, director of the Grand Strategy Program on Defense Priorities, said Newsweek, Kirkin belonged to a “growing” group of right-wing nationalists disaffected with the war. Menon agreed with Kirkin’s analysis Russia Heading for failure, Russian forces were said to have suffered heavy casualties, made no significant breakthroughs and repeatedly failed tactics with “disastrous results”.
Putin and Russia have made no progress
He said it would take a “significant change” in leadership and tactics. “But they haven’t achieved anything since the end of September for people like Kirkin to look at and say, ‘OK, we’re making progress, we’ve got good military leadership at the helm,'” Menon said. (mse)
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