A curtain of ice falls on the “special military operation”. Even Vladimir Putin’s most staunch propagandists on Russian TV talk shows are starting to question the chances of success in the war in Ukraine. Vladimir Solovyov, a well-known face of state television interviewed in the past also by Italian broadcasters, said live that “good news should not be expected in the immediate future”. And if he says so. “In the circles of real power in Moscow, the awareness that Russia can even be defeated, and the very leaders of its regime find themselves with broken bones,” says the Giornale, which reports the signs of growing discontent even in the upper echelons. . against Putin.
Many even point the finger at military leaders, accused of incapacity and nepotism, but this is also a sign. Some time ago, certain indirect attacks on the central power would have been unthinkable. Even in the press “most loyal to Putin” there is talk of a “political problem” in the military campaign and the “Number One figure is therefore in some way called into question”. So much so that “analysts are starting to discuss what the elite might decide to do, which owes everything to Putin, but which risks being turned to dust by the crazy Ukrainian adventure.”
Ambitious Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov is the loudest. He attacked central military district commander Aleksandr Lapin for the loss of Lyman, but “clearly has chief of staff Valery Gerasimov in his sights”. There is also fibrillation of parts of Wagner’s private milieu responding to Evgeny Prigozhin, very close to Putin. The specter of defeat in Ukraine opens its scenarios, both dramatic: the collapse of the regime or the “Nibelunga solution”, the nuclear option that would trigger global disaster.
Source: IL Tempo
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