As the Ukrainian army invaded Russia’s Kursk region, security measures were stepped up in the capital Moscow. Russian President Vladimir Putin is guarded by special forces with assault rifles. At the same time, former Russian spy Sergei Zhirnov announced that Putin would launch a tactical nuclear attack because losing the war with Ukraine threatened his life and the lives of his family.
Baza reports that the authorities in Moscow and the Moscow region expect an infiltration of subversive groups. Special forces from various structures have strengthened security in the center of the capital, with special attention around the Kremlin.
Employees with vending machines are on duty around the clock. Earlier, sources close to the Kremlin told The Moscow Times that President Vladimir Putin was extremely nervous and angry – something he hadn’t been like in years. He is enraged by the Ukrainian invasion, which caught the Russian army off guard.
There was also panic in the Kremlin a year ago when Prigozhin rebelled with his private army “Wagner”. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said today that his country controls 74 settlements on Russian territory where Ukrainian forces launched a surprise offensive last week.
Zelensky said that Ukraine has once again proven that it is capable of taking the initiative. “We once again proved that in any situation, we, Ukrainians, are capable of achieving our goals. We are capable of protecting our interests and our independence,” stressed the Ukrainian president.
“Hundreds of Russian soldiers have already surrendered and all of them will receive humane treatment – they did not have such treatment even in their own Russian army,” Zelensky also said, as quoted by Meduza.
Russia criticized Ukraine’s Western allies at the United Nations today for not condemning Kiev’s incursion into Russia’s Kursk region, accusing Ukrainian forces of killing civilians and questioning the goals of the cross-border offensive, Reuters reported.
Ukraine’s UN Security Council allies, including the US, France and Britain, stood firm in their support for Kiev during an informal meeting of the council called at Russia’s request. They did not mention anything about the Ukrainian offensive in the Kursk region.
“We will not recognize the aggressor as a victim,” said senior Slovenian diplomat Klemen Ponikvar, one of several people who accused Russia of hypocrisy, double standards and wasting the Security Council’s time.
Kiev and Moscow deny attacking civilians in the war, which has killed thousands and displaced millions of Ukrainians.
During the informal meeting of the Security Council, American, British and French diplomats made a series of accusations against Russia for violations of international humanitarian law and human rights in Ukraine. In turn, diplomats from Syria, Belarus and North Korea expressed their support for Russia at the informal meeting of the council.
“It will all end with a tactical nuclear strike, the lives of Putin and his family are in danger.” This was stated in an interview with Oboz.ua by the former KGB and foreign intelligence officer of the Russian Federation Sergey Zhirnov (now living in France).
Everything will at some point end with a tactical nuclear strike “somewhere”. Ukraine’s ultimate victory, which is entirely real, would encourage a losing Vladimir Putin to use tactical nuclear weapons. He understands that defeat in the war will be the end not only of his power, but also of his life, as well as the life of his family, Zhirnov said in a comment on the ongoing offensive of the Ukrainian army in the Kursk region.
Zhirnov pointed out that the surprising Ukrainian operation in the Kursk region showed how vulnerable the Russian Federation is. The elite in Moscow also know this, but they are afraid to do something about it, and at the moment there is no prospect that the oligarchs themselves will oust Putin from power.
In the Russian Federation, there is no such sacred property right that exists in Western countries. That is, any business can be taken away from them, no matter how big it is and how many years they have been doing it. And that’s why they all disagree with what Putin is doing, except those who make money from the military-industrial complex.
Sergei Zhirnov also said that the operation of the Ukrainian forces was a serious blow to Russia as a nuclear state, which suddenly found that it could not even defend its own territory. In addition to losing control over their own territory, the local authorities simply abandoned the entire population.
The former Russian spy said there is a misunderstanding in the West about how the Russian state functions. The option of Putin saying at some point that he will stop the war against Ukraine is excluded. The only way to remove him is through a coup, in which Russian circles will blame Putin personally for all evils. Putin does not have a normal perception of events, and therefore it is simply useless to call him to some rationality, Zhirnov said.
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