Putin will cautiously formulate future agenda of "special operation" – Feygin

He shared his opinions concerning Putin's upcoming address with Espreso TV

"In December, when Putin canceled his speech to the Federal Assembly, he hoped that there would be some significant military successes that could be "presented" on the anniversary. He reassigned the military leadership of the Armed Forces and returned to the old command and control scheme through the Chief of the General Staff, Army General Gerasimov. And with all the equipment with which Putin started this "operation" on February 24, 2022, there is still no success. Soledar cannot be "presented" like Stalingrad was. The fact that all the goals of the "special operation" have been achieved through capture, which is the only achievement since Surovikin was appointed commander, will have to be sold as a complete success. Naturally, he will have to resort to generalized rhetoric. Putin will speak: Russia confronted the West, the West intended to use Ukraine to deal with Russia and its sovereignty, but we resisted, we were ahead of the West, we launched a military operation to prevent the destruction of Russia," Feygin emphasized.

The Russian opposition politician also added that Putin will be cautious about formulating the future agenda of the "operation."

"After all, a year is already too much, it is much more than Putin, propagandists and official sources said about Ukraine in the run up to the “special military operation.” After all, they were talking about a week, 72 hours, and Western observers and experts confirmed this. You can claim a lot of things, for instance, that Russia will hold at least these territories that Moscow has already seized, and then they may suddenly return to Ukraine. Putin has never spoken about why the right bank of the Dnipro was abandoned. Peskov said: all questions are for Defense Minister Shoigu, this is his area of responsibility. What would happen if we said now: that's it, we will not leave these territories, our army will ensure their security, Ukrainian troops will never de-occupy, for example, Melitopol, and in a few weeks an offensive will begin, and it will be de-occupied, and Ukraine will regain it? That's why Putin will be more cautious in his predictions," Feygin said.

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