Ukraine’s President Zelensky predicts Putin’s ‘fragile’ regime will be overthrown by his own people

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has predicted that Vladimir Putin’s regime will eventually be overthrown by his own people.

Speaking to journalist Dmytro Komarov in a documentary made to mark one year since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Zelensky said: “There will certainly be a time when the fragility of the Putin regime is felt in Russia.”

Then the carnivores will eat the carnivore. It is very important, and they will need a reason to justify it.

‘You will remember the words of Komarov, of Zelenskyy. They will remember. They will find a reason to kill the killer.

‘It will work? If when? I don’t know.’

One year into the conflict, Putin, who had expected a quick victory, has seen heavy casualties and defeats on the battlefield.

It comes after Putin made a speech earlier this week condemning the West and blaming it for the war.

Damaged buildings are seen after attack by Russian S-300 missiles as military mobility continues within the Russo-Ukrainian war in the Mykolaiv Oblast village of Shevchenkove.

This photo taken on February 26, 2023 shows destroyed buildings and a car as a result of shelling in the village of Kamenka, Kharkiv region.

Ukrainian serviceman of the “68 separate fighter brigade named after Olexa Dovbush” sits in the trench in the front line position

Ukrainian servicemen from the 68th Separate Jager Infantry Brigade “Oleksa Dovbush” fire an M2 machine gun at a front line position

Russia has also become increasingly isolated due to strict sanctions from other countries, which have supported Ukraine.

According to the Washington Posta wedge is emerging between Putin and the country’s elite.

“There is great frustration among the people around him,” a Russian billionaire told the newspaper. He clearly doesn’t know what to do.

It is isolated, of course. He doesn’t like to talk to people anyway. He has a very narrow circle, and now it has narrowed even more.’

Putin has also faced backlash for recruiting Russia’s military reservists. It is a movement that has seen thousands of men flee the country and massive protests in the streets.

It comes after Putin made a speech this week, in which he accused the West of starting the war in Ukraine.

The despot claimed that the West was conspiring to achieve “unlimited power” and vowed to “systematically” continue the offensive in Ukraine during an explosive speech in the Russian parliament.

He told the lawmakers that he was addressing them “at a time that we all know is a difficult and defining moment for our country, a time of cardinal and irreversible changes around the world, the most important historical events that will shape the future. of our country and our people.

He added: “The responsibility for fueling the Ukrainian conflict, for its escalation, for the number of casualties… falls entirely on Western elites.”

Reports from Russia suggest that state employees and students have been ordered to attend a nationalist concert after the speech, held at Moscow’s Luzhniki stadium, while posters have appeared all over the city proclaiming that “Russia’s border it doesn’t end anywhere” and tell people to “look. and listen’.

The United States has criticized the “absurdity” of Vladimir Putin’s state of the nation address on Tuesday in which he accused the West of starting the war in Ukraine.

Volodymyr Zelensky said that the most important thing for him is to make his family proud of him.

Putin’s armored motorcade was seen heading to the Kremlin around 1 a.m. local time, with traffic halted in central Moscow to make way. There was no official explanation for Putin’s nightly rush to the Kremlin before the speech.

While the constitution requires the president to deliver the speech annually, Putin never delivered one in 2022 as his troops suffered repeated setbacks.

President Zelenskyy also gave a speech to mark the first anniversary of the war, in which he got emotional talking about how the war could end and about his wife, daughter and son.

He said: ‘My wife and children are the most important people to me; I can’t see them very often, but I’m very happy to have this family. The most important thing is to make them proud of me.

He also urged Moscow to change course, asking them to “leave our territory” and “stop bombing us.”

And he added: ‘Stop (destroying) all our infrastructure, energy, drinking water. Enough of bombing towns, villages, killing dogs and cats, just animals, burning forests.’

He repeated again that there will be no negotiations with Russia until its troops withdraw from Ukraine.

He said: ‘Everyone has seen that they killed and tortured people, they are not even trying to hide their attacks, they are talking about nuclear issues.

‘Seeing this picture of the world, do you think Ukrainians can sit on this and negotiate?’

Ukraine expects to receive large supplies of Western weapons in the coming months that will help it mount a planned counter-offensive.

Ukrainian servicemen from the 68th Separate Jager Infantry Brigade “Oleksa Dovbush” fire a howitzer towards the Russian positions.

Russian forces have undergone three major battlefield shifts since the war began, but still control about a fifth of Ukraine (Pictured: Ukrainian soldiers)

In recent weeks, Ukrainian forces have claimed to have inflicted heavy casualties while repelling attack by Russian forces.

China called for a ceasefire earlier this week, but Ukraine previously rejected a lull in fighting fearing it would allow Russia to regroup militarily after heavy battlefield setbacks.

Zelensky gave qualified support to China’s new pronouncements on the ceasefire and peace talks between Ukraine and Russia in a loosely worded proposal published on Friday.

‘China has shown its thoughts. I think the fact that China has started talking about Ukraine is not bad,’ the president said during a wide-ranging press conference.

But the question is what follows the words. The question is in the steps and where they will lead.’

A 12-point document issued by China’s Foreign Ministry also urged an end to sanctions that aim to squeeze Russia’s economy.

That suggestion also seemed like a failure, given that Western nations are working to further tighten the noose on sanctions, not loosen it. Both the United Kingdom and the United States imposed more sanctions on Friday.

Russian forces have undergone three major battlefield changes since the war began, but still control about a fifth of Ukraine. Russia is currently trying to secure full control of two eastern provinces that make up Ukraine’s Donbas industrial region.

It has sent thousands of recruits to Ukraine for a winter offensive, but has so far made only scant gains in frozen trench assaults across the eastern front in recent weeks.

Ukraine expects to receive large supplies of Western weapons in the coming months that will help it mount a planned counter-offensive. In recent weeks, Ukrainian forces have claimed to have inflicted huge casualties while repelling attacking Russian forces.