The statement of the Kremlin head will be connected with the 80th anniversary of the breakthrough of the Soviet troops of the Nazi blockade of Leningrad, which is the hometown of Vladimir Putin. ISW reminds that the Russian president loves to go to society for symbolic dates.
Some pro -government bloggers have already suggested that Vladimir Putin can take this opportunity - January 18, he will either announce a new wave of mobilization in the Russian Federation or declare a "true" war of Ukraine. "Ukrainian and Western intelligence has also repeatedly warned Putin's mobilization measures, planned for mid -January," analysts added in their new report.
It should be noted that the day earlier, on January 17, in the Russian media "noise" rose "against the backdrop of the fact that Vladimir Putin allegedly prepares a" most important "statement about the war against Ukraine, which he plans to speak on January 18. According to journalists, the Kremlin head previously held a number of non-public meetings on speaking at St. Petersburg's events on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the blockade breakdown.
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