Officials in the United States and other Western countries believe that Russian President Vladimir Putin may officially declare war on Ukraine on May 9. The information was broadcast by CNN USA.
Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, 2021, but Putin and Russian officials refuse to describe the conflict as “war” and use the term “special operations”.
According to a report by Western officials, Russia’s strategy of declaring war would allow for the full deployment of reservists at a time when efforts to control Ukrainian territories continue to fail.
May 9 is Victory Day in Russia, marking the defeat of the Nazis in 1945. It is not the first time that Western officials have suggested that Putin would use the symbolic significance and propaganda value of the history to announce a military conquest in Russia. Ukraine.
I think he’s going to try to get rid of his “special ops”. He lays the groundwork to be able to say, “Look, now this is a war against the Nazis and what I need is more people.”
British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace on the radio LBC last week
Throughout the conflict, Putin and Russian officials claimed they were running a so-called “maximizing” campaign in Ukraine. This week, Russian Chancellor Sergei Lavrov even said that the fact that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is Jewish does not invalidate this claim.
“Hitler also had Jewish blood,” Lavrov said. This statement was rejected by the Israeli and German governments.
Experts explain that the speech was based on Putin’s policy of glorifying his Soviet past and promoting the mythical image of a Russian power that would continue its deadly war against Nazism.
source: Noticias
