Russian President Vladimir Putin on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown as the Ukrainian Army Continues to advance in Russia's Kursk region, writes News.de.
The body language of the Russian leader shows that he has been particularly nervous and restless in recent days. Sources close to the Kremlin revealed that he had not been so nervous for years, even during the rebellion of the private army “Wagner“ (of Prigozhin) in 2023
On August 6, the Ukrainian army carried out a surprise invasion of the Kursk region, bringing the war into Russian territory. Dozens of settlements were captured by the ZSU, and thousands of Russian soldiers raised the white flag and surrendered to the Ukrainian forces.
Initially, Moscow denied that it was a large-scale invasion of a foreign army on Russian territory – something that hasn't happened since World War II. With each passing day, however, it becomes increasingly difficult for Putin and his cronies to deny the obvious. The Financial Times newspaper writes that Putin cannot deny the seriousness of the situation, considering that about 200,000 people were evacuated from the border areas (some media mention even more evacuees). The President of the Russian Federation calls Ukraine's actions terrorism and provocation.
There is increasing talk in Russia that Moscow will at some point have to announce a new large-scale mobilization – a scenario Putin wants to avoid at all costs. The reason is that it is an unpopular measure, and in effect the Kremlin will tacitly admit that Russia has lost a huge amount of soldiers in its war against Ukraine. The General Staff in Kiev reports that since the start of the full-scale invasion, 596,000 Russian soldiers have been eliminated.
On the 7th day of Ukraine's expanding seizures of Russian territory, a visibly nervous Putin has issued a series of statements regarding his growing catastrophe in the Kursk and Belgorod regions. pic.twitter.com/GH9VMYCkK0
— KyivPost (@KyivPost) August 12, 2024
The Ukrainian army also distributed unique footage from the first hours of the high-speed invasion in the Kursk region. Volodymyr Zelensky and the Kiev military command have made it clear that they have no intention of permanently occupying Russian towns and villages in the Kursk region, but rather to quickly end the war of aggression that Putin launched against Ukraine without provocation. According to analysts, Ukraine wants to use Kursk Oblast as a bargaining chip in future negotiations with Moscow. To date, the Russian army has occupied nearly 1/5 of the territory of Ukraine, including the Crimean peninsula.
The unique footage of the first hours of 🇺🇦 Defense Forces operation in the Kursk region.
— Defense of Ukraine (@DefenceU) August 16, 2024
Demining, destroying the enemy's defensive lines, the work of aviation and artillery, prisoners.
📹: Air Assault Forces Command pic.twitter.com/oopsMdGRxX