"Putin has entered into a terrible conflict with the Russian army" - Piontkovsky

He shared his opinion with Espreso TV. 

"Not only are these unfortunate mobilized people unprepared, it turned out that there is no equipment, no weapons, and generally nothing for them. But even this was not enough for Putin. Putin's four catastrophic mistakes are mobilization, annexation, attempts at nuclear blackmail, and blowing up the pipeline. Putin has entered into a terrible conflict with the army. His two dogs, who are hated by the entire army - Prigozhin and Kadyrov - say that the entire Russian General Staff should be sent barefoot, with machine guns, as privates, to atone for their unpreparedness and betrayal with blood. And Putin, in response, makes Kadyrov a colonel-general and elevates him above the entire army," Piontkovsky emphasized.

The political scientist noted that Putin, in desperation, makes the worst mistakes one after another.

"Kadyrov and Prigozhin are already openly attacking Gerasimov. They say that all the so-called crimes of Lapin could only have been committed with the knowledge of Gerasimov. Events are developing as best as possible to end the conflict this year, with so many conflicts in the top political leadership and Russian society. Release of Kherson will be a fatal blow, and Putin will not survive it politically," Piontkovsky emphasized.