Putin, who was once rumored to personally lead the military campaign in Ukraine and give orders to generals on the battlefield, this week seems focused on everything but war.
The Kremlin leader is holding an information halt when Russian troops at the front are being defeated. He prefers to talk only about successes, but leaves the bad news to other speakers. On Saturday, November 19, according to the Associated Press publication.
“When the Russian military leadership announced that they would withdraw troops from Kherson, one person was missing from the hall – President Vladimir Putin. While Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and General Sergei Surovikin, the head of the Russia in Ukraine, voiced the reasons for the recession in front of the cameras, visited a neurological hospital in Moscow watching a doctor perform brain surgery. Later that day, he spoke to a event, but did not mention the withdrawal from Kherson – Russia’s most embarrassing withdrawal from Ukraine. In the following days, he did not publicly comment on it.” , – said in a political analysis.
The article noted that Kherson was the only significant victory for the Russian army. Earlier this year, Moscow illegally merged the Kherson region with three other Ukrainian regions. In September, Putin personally declared that “the people living in Luhansk and Donetsk, Kherson and Zaporizhia have become our citizens forever.” However, the blue and yellow flags of Ukraine were returned to Kherson.
“Putin this week seemed focused on everything except the war. He discussed bankruptcy procedures and problems in the auto industry with officials, talked to the governor of Siberia about increasing investment in the regions, -spoke to world leaders and met with the new president of the Russian Academy of Sciences.On Tuesday, he held a video conference at WWII memorials, the same day he was scheduled to speak at the G20 summit in Indonesia, but he not only decided not to attended, he did not attend either. joined via video conference. the only one who remembered the Ukrainian cities of the past days, but not Kherson,” analysts said.
“Putin’s system is built in such a way that other people are blamed for defeats: enemies, traitors, a backstab, global Russophobia – whatever,” they added.
Recall that the head of the Kremlin, Vladimir Putin, held a meeting with the permanent members of the Russian Security Council. It focuses on civil defense issues.
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Source: korrespondent
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