Putin directs field operations in Ukraine “like a colonel”. On Russian TV, a Russian military expert: “It is bad for us and it will get worse”

LONDRA – Vladimir Putin he is involved in the war in Ukraine to the point of directing the operations on the ground and the movement of troops “as if he were a colonel or a brigade commander”. Western sources reveal this to the Guardian, specifying that the Russian president has practically put himself in charge of the offensive launched to conquer the whole of the Donbass, while working together with the chief of staff Valerij Gerasimovwhich in the past few weeks seemed to have been sidelined as responsible for the unsuccessful initial phase of the invasion.