Putin to give speech on Ukraine conflict: What to expect?
- Posted on February 22, 2023
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Putin to give speech on Ukraine conflict:-
On Tuesday, President Vladimir Putin will address Russia's political and military leaders regarding the state of his "special military operation" in Ukraine. Many Russians are eager to learn about Putin's plans for the upcoming year. The speech will take place almost one year after he sent troops into Ukraine, a decision that sparked the most significant confrontation with the West since the Cold War's depths. Putin will deliver his speech to members of both houses of parliament and military commanders and soldiers. "At such a critical and intricate juncture in our development and lives, everyone is awaiting a message to hear an evaluation of what is happening and the special military operation's assessment," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told state television. In addition to the assessment, Putin will also provide his analysis of the international situation and outline his vision of Russia's development after the sweeping sanctions imposed on it by the West, according to the Kremlin. The speech is set to begin at 0900 GMT in central Moscow. The Ukraine conflict is the most significant risk a Kremlin chief has taken since the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991. The stakes are high, and Western leaders, including US President Joe Biden, believe Putin must lose. Although Russian forces have faced three major battlefield defeats since the war began, they still control approximately one-fifth of Ukraine. The war has resulted in the deaths of tens of thousands of men. Putin, who is now 70 years old, claims that Russia is engaged in an existential battle with an arrogant West, which he says is determined to carve up Russia and steal its vast natural resources.Current Situation: Why, Achievements, Failures
Putin to give speech on Ukraine conflict In February 2022, Vladimir Putin dispatched up to 200,000 troops to Ukraine, with the intention of capturing the capital, Kyiv and overthrowing the government. However, Putin's plan failed due to a series of setbacks. Despite this, Russia's war is far from over. Putin referred to this move, the largest European invasion since World War II, as a "special military operation" rather than a full-scale war. The Russian leader claimed his objective was to "demilitarize and denazify" Ukraine, in addition to preventing NATO from gaining a foothold in the country. He also aimed to ensure Ukraine's neutral status and backed independence for eastern Ukrainian territories controlled by Russian proxy forces since 2014. Putin to give speech on Ukraine conflict Putin aimed to topple the government of Ukraine's elected president, Volodymyr Zelensky, without saying so publicly. During the invasion, Russian troops attempted to storm the presidential compound twice, according to Zelensky's advisor. However, Putin's claims of Ukrainian Nazis committing genocide were baseless, and Russian state-run news agency Ria Novosti explained that "denazification is inevitably also de-Ukrainisation," effectively erasing the modern state of Ukraine. A month into the invasion, Putin's goals dramatically changed after a retreat from Kyiv and Chernihiv. The primary objective became the "liberation of Donbas," referring to Ukraine's two industrial regions in the east of Luhansk and Donetsk. However, as Russian forces were forced into further retreats, they annexed four Ukrainian provinces without having full control over any of them. Although Putin warned in December that the war could be a long process, Western leaders are determined that Ukraine should win. Currently, a war of attrition is taking place along an active front line of 850km, with small and infrequent Russian victories. The realistic prospect of Ukraine's neutrality is long gone. Russia's defeat is necessary, but it should not be crushed, as French President Macron has said. Putin's aim is not to spin the wheel of military conflict but to end it. Biggest accomplishment Russian President Vladimir Putin's biggest accomplishment is the establishment of a bridge that connects Russia's borders to Crimea, which was illegally annexed by the Russian government in 2014. Therefore it's no longer dependent on the bridge crossing the Kerch Strait. The taking of the Crimea region as well as two cities, Mariupol and Melitopol, was stated by Putin as a "significant result for Russia." This region, which is part of the Sea of Azov, inside the Kerch Strait, is now thought of as "Russia's internal sea," Putin declared. But, Putin's bloody, unprovoked conflict in Ukraine aside from the creation of a territorial corridor that stretches towards Crimea and Crimea, has resulted in an unforgiving experience for the nation and for Russia itself. It has only succeeded in expose the brutality and ineptitude that is the Russian military. The details of war crimes have been revealed on civilians who were killed in Bucha close to Kyiv which led to an investigation by independent experts which has accused Russia of orchestrating state-sponsored incitement towards genocide.