Who advised Putin on the invasion of Ukraine? This was revealed by Catherine Belton, Reuters journalist and guest on the episode of Half an hour in più aired on Rai3 on Sunday 3 April. The Kremlin chief is increasingly isolated, but among his most trusted men is Nikolai Patrushev, head of the Kremlin Security Council. Belton reveals what happened before February 24, when Putin decided to move tanks towards Kyiv.
“In the last two years, Putin has isolated himself more and more. He thought he would be welcomed with open arms in Ukraine to capture Kyiv in two days, but instead he met fierce resistance and made very serious strategic mistakes.@Catherine Belton to #mezzorainpiu pic.twitter.com/p2Cmy8d5WW
Half an hour left (@Mezzorainpiu) April 3, 2022
Catherine Belton, a Reuters reporter, revealed that “Putin has become increasingly isolated over the past two years. Fewer and fewer people get to see him or hang out with him. Initially, Yeltsin’s oligarchs could get close to him. Until 2014 He listened to their advice, but in recent years, especially during Covid, he became very isolated in the socalled bunker, to which very few people have access, only the Kremlin extremists, including Nikolai Patrushev, his old friend, of the secret services and that he is now the head of the Security Council and that he is the most extreme member of his circle. It is he who tells him that Ukraine is being used as a force by America to end his regime, and this Ukraine and the Ukrainians became involved in the conflict with Russia. This time he was the uninformed when he decided to invade Ukraine. He thought he would be welcomed with open arms and planned to take over Kyiv in a few days. rni. In fact, he faced much stiffer resistance from both Ukraine and the West. And we have seen that Putin made quite serious strategic mistakes.