Vladimir Putin Have ‘overreached’ in yourself invasion of ukraine and ‘the abhorrent operation will lead to its downfall’, the former chief of Mi6the Russian division of today said.
Christopher Steele, who was a member of the British Secret Service for more than two decades and headed MI6 operations in Russia from 2006–2009, said that Putin would never be accepted back into the international community and that his regime would eventually will be destroyed.
‘I don’t see him alive for long. I think we’ve gone over a watershed here,’ Steele declared in an interview. sky News Thursday evening.
‘An operation on this scale is really beyond Russia… I think there are a lot of gross miscalculations here by Putin.’
It comes as a Russian attack on Kyiv was repulsed by Ukrainian forces earlier today, who successfully repulsed the invaders’ advances from the west and east toward the capital, leaving Russian armor outside Brovry, east of the capital. Heavy damage was done with an artillery ambush. And in the process killed a highly placed commander.
But Steele warned that the slow progress of Russian troops so far could result in Putin ordering more violence and “indiscriminate killings” in the short term.
Christopher Steele, who was a member of the British Secret Service for more than two decades and led MI6 operations in Russia from 2006–2009, said that Putin would never be accepted back into the international community and that his regime would eventually collapse as a result. Will be done.
‘I don’t see him alive for long. I think we’ve gone over a watershed here,’ Steele announced in an interview with Sky News on Thursday evening. ‘An operation on this scale is really beyond Russia… I think there are a lot of gross miscalculations here by Putin’
It comes as a Russian attack on Kyiv was repulsed earlier today by Ukrainian forces, who successfully repulsed the invaders’ advances from the west and east toward the capital (Ukrainian soldiers walk in front of a Russian tank that they have attacked). was captured after fighting, as Russia continues its assault on Ukraine, outside Brovry near Kyiv, Ukraine, March 10, 2022)
Ukrainian troops inflicted heavy losses on the invaders with an artillery attack of Russian armor, killing a high-ranking commander in the process.
Steele further pointed out that Putin’s dictatorial leadership style may have contributed to his eventual downfall, arguing that regular Russian citizens and oligarchs alike see sanctions being cut, raising the possibility of his statement.
‘One of the problems is, when you run an authoritarian regime like it does and you don’t welcome criticism or debate within the leadership, you end up with bad advice and end up listening to the things you do. Would like to hear from your advisors.
‘As people’s living standards begin to fall, their protests will intensify on the streets of Moscow, St Petersburg and other cities. And I think it will be an elite effort to remove Putin in due course.’
The advance of the Russian offensive force has been slow to say the least, with efforts to dismantle Ukrainian defenses in both Irpin in the west and Brovary in the east on the outskirts of the capital led to emphatic defeats last night and earlier today.
Ukraine’s military also reported today that a Russian attack in Mykolaiv had been foiled, as Putin’s men tried to push Krivi Rih – northeast and the president’s birthplace – and Voznesensk – northwest. .
But Steele argued that poor progress could encourage Putin to escalate the already brutal bombing of several Ukrainian cities to force the top brass to submit.
‘As the Russian military is trapped, more desperate, and clearly not realizing its objectives militarily, you are likely to see more indiscriminate killing and bombing and possibly the use of one. [chemical] Weapons,’ said Steele.
The warning comes after the besieged Mariupol city in Ukraine’s south yesterday targeted its maternity hospital in an airstrike, when the metropolis has already endured 10 days of bombardment with its citizens cut off from water, electricity and humanitarian aid. had done
A doctor navigates the ward of a maternity hospital in Mariupol, southern Ukraine after it was destroyed by Russian bombs
Ukrainian emergency workers and volunteers carry an injured pregnant woman from a maternity hospital that was damaged by shelling in Mariupol
A woman injured in Russian shelling stands outside wrapped in a blanket amid the massacre at the Mariupol maternity hospital
At least three people were killed and 17 injured in the strike, while elsewhere morgue workers were seen carrying dozens of bodies – mostly civilians – to the outskirts of the destroyed port city and then dumping them in mass graves .
A convoy tried to bring in supplies today, but there was no word on whether it managed to arrive by noon. Four previous relief efforts in the city have failed after Ukraine said Russia opened fire on the route it intended to use.
Indiscriminate Russian air strikes have also targeted the cities of Kharkiv, Chernihiv and Zhytomyr, resulting in civilian casualties.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson meanwhile echoed Steele’s concerns that Russia could resort to the use of chemical weapons to accelerate its offensive.
Boris Johnson said today he fears Vladimir Putin will use chemical weapons in Ukraine because it would be “straight out of Russia’s playbook”. He made comments on Sky News’ Beth Rigby interview show
Johnson also said he believes Russia is creating a “fake story” that it can use to deny the use of weapons and blame the West.
“The stuff you hear about chemical weapons is straight out of their playbook,” he told Sky News today.
‘They start saying that there are chemical weapons that have been stored by their opponents or the Americans and so when they deploy chemical weapons themselves, as I fear, they have a kind of maskirovka, a fake story. , It is ready to go. And you’ve seen it in Syria. You saw it in the UK too.
Asked whether he expected Russia to use chemical weapons, the prime minister said: ‘I just note that this is what they are already doing. [preparing a fake story], This is a cynical, barbaric government I am afraid.’