Putin assembles the National Security Council, what is expected in the coming days

Furthermore, Putin's planned trip to the Caucasus was canceled.

What exactly will be considered on the Council is not yet clear. There has long been a scenario that Russia is expected to officially declare war on Ukraine, which would allow the Kremlin to call for further recruiting.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, questioned by journalists if the Security Council meeting could mean a change in the nature of what Moscow continues to call <x0 special military operation”, replied: “I don't know, I can't say”.

We recall that it is a crime in Russia that someone to refer to the special military “ ” launched on February 24th, 2022 with the term “war”.

The meeting, according to some estimates, could result in further reduction of Russia's freedoms and rights, or steps towards a general war and a movement towards a central-controlled economy, namely, turning it into a war economy.

Putin condemned Thursday's <x0 terrorist attack” in a village in the region of Bryansk. There was another “act of terrorism, another crime,” he insisted.

According to Russian authorities, two civilians were killed and a child 10 or 11 was wounded when <x0-diversants”, according to them, Ukrainian <x2-nationalistists” opened fire on a moving car in a region village.