According to Russian sources and Western officials, Vladimir Putin is set to declare all-out war on Ukraine within days to enable Russia to establish a general mobilisation of the population.
Russian troops entered Ukraine at the end of February in what Vladimir Putin called a special military operation to demilitarise and denazify Ukraine and banned the use of the word war, thinking it be over in a few weeks.
Nevertheless, army chiefs, frustrated that the invasion has now extended into the third week, have called on the Russian president to declare war which would allow a mass mobilisation of Russian troops and an escalation in the conflict.
Britain’s Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said that the Russian president might use Russia’s victory day parade on May 9 to announce the mass mobilisation of his reserves for a final push in Ukraine.
It comes as ex Nato chief Richard Sherriff warned the West must gear itself up for a worst-case scenario war with Russia in Ukraine.
A Russian military source told a newspaper outlet that the military were angered that the blitz on Kyiv had failed, and said that people in the army were seeking payback for failures of the past and they want to go further in Ukraine.
Earlier this week, the Russian military was said to be enraged that Vladimir Putin had downsized the invasion of Ukraine and called for a new escalation of the conflict, and speaking on Friday, Mr Wallace said Vladimir Putin may declare a new war against the world’s Nazi’s at the victory parade which sees Moscow mark the end of Russia’s involvement in the Second World War.
With Vladimir Putin’s military having failed in their first wave of military objectives, Moscow has refocused its efforts on seizing both the east and southern coast of Ukraine.
Nevertheless, as in the first months of the attack, Russian forces were being met with heavy Ukrainian resistance from Kyiv’s determined armies, and some analysts had predicted that Vladimir Putin wanted to be in a position where he could claim some form of victory on May 9, but with Russia’s victory day parade now less than two weeks away, that’s looking less likely.
Instead, Mr Wallace told LBC Radio that Vladimir Putin could use the occasion to declare a new war on who he would call the world’s Nazis to galvanise his populace in another push against the Ukrainian defenders.
This man doesn’t give a damn about anyone but himself, that’s rather evident, and he’s now a child-murdering madman who’s bonkers, and he will take as many people with him as he can, like the coward that he is, and his special military action is a total catastrophe, which is the only reason he’s spitting his dummy out now.
He’s a failure to his people, and he’s got so many young people killed over his lies. He’s a failure as a strategist, and he’s a madman who doesn’t care who dies. Vladimir Putin obviously wants World War III.
His children must be so proud of him to know what he’s doing and what he will leave behind and they will carry that burden around for the remainder of their lives.
Vladimir Putin has been described as ashen and bloated in images released by the Kremlin, but Putin has been extremely tight-lipped about his health, and it’s extremely rare for the Kremlin to comment on Putin’s health, but it did issue a firm denial over the Parkinson’s disease claims and said that it was complete nonsense and said that everything was good, but if he is a man with a death sentence, then he has no more worries. Perhaps he’s just terrified of dying alone and wants as many people as possible to accompany him?
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