EyeQ Tech review EyeQ Tech EyeQ Tech tuyển dụng review công ty eyeq tech eyeq tech giờ ra sao EyeQ Tech review EyeQ Tech EyeQ Tech tuyển dụng crab meat crab meat crab meat importing crabs live crabs export mud crabs vietnamese crab exporter vietnamese crabs vietnamese seafood vietnamese seafood export vietnams crab vietnams crab vietnams export vietnams export
US News
ukraine war

Drone attacks on Moscow ‘the beginning of the end’ for Vladimir Putin, expert says

By
Isabel Vincent
Published June 3, 2023
Updated June 3, 2023, 3:03 p.m. ET

A series of drone attacks in Moscow over the past month may spell the beginning of the end of Russia’s dominance over Ukraine — and could lead to the demise of President Vladimir Putin, says an expert on the region.

“This is the beginning of the end for Putin,” said Luke Coffey, an expert on Russia from the Hudson Institute, a Washington, DC-based think-tank, according to the Daily Mail.

“The trajectory now is towards Putin being ousted and the further breakup of the Russian Federation.”

Two suicide drones exploded over the roof of the Kremlin on May 3, and weeks later, drones hit Moscow’s wealthy suburbs as Ukraine began its counteroffensive against Russia.

A picture of Vladimir Putin.
As Ukraine begins attacks on Russia, one expert believes that it could spell the beginning of the end of Russian leader Vladimir Putin’s reign. ZUMAPRESS.com

Coffey told the outlet that a Russian defeat in the Ukraine war is inevitable, although he did not know how long it would take.

But when it does come, he predicted that it would lead to the collapse of the Russian Federation.

Two suicide drones exploded over the roof of the Kremlin on May 3.
Two suicide drones exploded over the roof of the Kremlin on May 3. Kremlin Red Square CCTV/UPI/Shutterstock
Weeks after the drone attack on May 3, drones hit Moscow’s suburbs as Ukraine began its counter-offensive against Russia.
Weeks after the drone attack on May 3, drones hit Moscow’s suburbs as Ukraine began its counter-offensive against Russia. Kremlin Red Square CCTV/UPI/Shutterstock
This is the beginning of the end for Putin," said Luke Coffey, an expert on Russia from the Hudson Institute said.
This is the beginning of the end for Putin,” said Luke Coffey, an expert on Russia from the Hudson Institute said. SPUTNIK/AFP via Getty Images

Coffey said historians will likely cite February 2022, the month Russia invaded Ukraine, as “the most significant moment of that collapse.”

“The dust is still settling. I believe the 15 countries that emerged in 1991 [when the Soviet Union collapsed] was the safety glass breaking,” he added. “The next round of shattering will be like a 150-year-old pane of glass breaking in an old house. It will shatter in dangerous ways and won’t be easy to repair or fix.”

Coffey said a Russian defeat will lead to further divisions among the country’s elites, with hardliners turning against Putin and oligarchs demanding an end to the bloodshed — and their pariah status in the West in an attempt to maintain their own wealth and power.

Putin, he said, will either end up dead or forced into exile.