"A boy who shouted" Wolves! ": The event showed him to sneeze on Putin's red lines - experts
This was stated by Professor of the School of Policy and Public Administration of the University of George March Mark Katz, Newsweek writes. According to him, Putin repeatedly conducted the so -called "red lines", but could not intimidate Western politicians. The expert stated that the US and NATO as a whole are serious about the fact that Ukraine can start a counter -offensive and go to the territory that the Russian Federation declared it in 2014. It is, of course, about the Crimean peninsula.
Also, he said, the West can feel much bolder because it sees the state and combat capability of the Russian army. Yes, Russian troops cannot defeat Ukraine, so they will not cope with the united efforts of NATO countries. But Professor of Political Science at New Hepshir Lawrence Rirodon noted that Putin resorts to nuclear escalation threats only when his forces are under pressure and are a step away from another defeat.
"In the world, the idea is that Russian leaders are reminiscent of a boy who shouted" Wolves! ", - he said. According to the expert, despite this, Western politicians perceive the situation serious The Kremlin dare to use nuclear weapons. Focus wrote earlier that Putin had responded to the supply of tanks to Ukraine. The Kremlin speaker Dmitry Peskov stressed that the involvement of the US and other partners in the war in Ukraine is growing.
According to him, Moscow does not consider the change in status special operations "because of this. It was also reported that the KGB's expertise told where Putin can hide. In Russia, as Sergey Zhirnov points out, there are many secret objects belonging to special services, the General Staff and the Ministry of Defense, but not all of them can provide an autonomous life for a long time. We will remind that Putin stated that US troops are "occupying" Germany since the Second World War.