Russian President Vladimir Putin's cancellation of his annual major press conference shows his awareness of his extremely difficult political situation.

This opinion was expressed by Serhiy Cherevaty, the spokesman of the Eastern Group of Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, on the air of the telethon "Edyny Novyni".

"I think that this is a clear marker of the fact that Putin himself understands that he is in an extremely difficult position from a political point of view. Because,

well, he will appear at a press conference and tell why they surrendered Kherson

, why they fled from Kharkiv region, why they didn't take Kiev in three days, why are they destroying peaceful cities, or why can't they take Bakhmut in six months?"

- explained Cherevaty.

He added that Putin has nothing to say about the successes of his army, and he does not want to talk about the Armed Forces, so as not to advertise them.

"That is, by and large, it was the Armed Forces of Ukraine that became the main newsmakers for them, and therefore he is definitely not in the mood to advertise their successes. And

he has nothing to say about his own armed forces.

Because by replacing commanders, attracting weapons and essentially criminal groups like " Wagner"... How to explain this to your citizens, when it is prohibited by your own laws?"

- said the representative of the Armed Forces.

"Therefore, I think that

this is a clear marker that it is in a major systemic crisis

," Cherevaty emphasized.

We will remind, the spokesman of the President of the Russian Federation Dmytro Peskov announced on December 12 that Putin canceled the final press conference - for the first time in 10 years.

Note that before this, the head of the Kremlin traditionally held a large press conference with the participation of foreign and regional journalists.

According to British intelligence, Putin made such a decision due to fear of questions about the war against Ukraine.

In particular, it concerns concerns about the prevalence of anti-war sentiments in the Russian Federation.

According to Oleksiy Danilov, Secretary of the National Security Council, Putin canceled the press conference because of the fear of "cotton" that could fly in during the speech.

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