{"id":961,"date":"2025-03-13T09:31:54","date_gmt":"2025-03-13T10:31:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/softnary.com\/?p=961"},"modified":"2025-03-18T23:07:55","modified_gmt":"2025-03-18T23:07:55","slug":"what-putins-military-uniform-says-about-ukraines-ceasefire-proposal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/softnary.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/13\/what-putins-military-uniform-says-about-ukraines-ceasefire-proposal\/","title":{"rendered":"What Putin\u2019s military uniform says about Ukraine\u2019s ceasefire proposal"},"content":{"rendered":"
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One of the last known sightings of Putin in a military uniform is from 2005 (Picture: Getty\/Reuters)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Vladimir Putin<\/a> has ditched his \u00a37,000 bespoke Italian suits for a military uniform in an attempt to present himself as a wartime leader and align with the success of Russian forces.<\/p>\n

The Russian president is seen more often in hand-stitched Brioni jackets \u2013 as seen during a talk in Moscow last year<\/a> \u2013 rather than in combat gear.<\/p>\n

Keir Giles, a leading analyst on European defence and Russia<\/a> at Chatham House in London<\/a>, said his costume change<\/a> is no accident but a \u2018deliberate fashion<\/a> choice\u2019.<\/p>\n

With the army claiming significant advances<\/a> in Russia\u2019s western region of Kursk, the president is eager to associate himself with their success.<\/p>\n

Keir told Metro<\/strong>: \u2018Putin\u2019s fashion choices are, of course, deliberate, and it is a choice which might have been expected to achieve broad excitement in Western media, and it absolutely has done so.<\/p>\n

\u2018But the underlying message is probably a very straightforward one \u2013 Putin probably thinks that the military is about to achieve something of which it can be proud.<\/p>\n

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It may be as simple and as straightforward as tagging on to the success of the army in ejecting the Ukrainian forces from Russian territory, if that, in fact, is imminent\u2026\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Reacting to the proposal for a ceasefire,\u00a0Putin\u2019s top foreign policy aide, Yuri Ushakov, said today that he had told Washington that it would simply give Ukrainian forces a much-needed battlefield respite.<\/p>\n<p>He told state TV: \u2018I stated our position that this is nothing other than a temporary respite for the Ukrainian military, nothing more.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Our goal is a long-term peaceful settlement that takes into account the legitimate interests of our country and our well-known concerns. It seems to me that no one needs any steps that (merely) imitate peaceful actions in this situation.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this morning, Russian forces retook control of Sudzha, a major town in Russia\u2019s western\u00a0Kursk\u00a0region, from Ukrainian troops, according to the ministry of defence.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"646\" height=\"676\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"article-image wp-image-22719725 lazyload\" alt=\"METRO GRAPHICS Kursk Pincer Attack 1303\" loading=\"lazy\" data-src=\"http:\/\/softnary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/SEI_243690128-00cf.jpg\">\t<\/div><figcaption>A map showing the latest Russian gains in the border region of Kursk, which has been partially in Ukrainian control since last August (Picture: Metro)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Troops had also recaptured two other villages, Melovoi and Podol, it has been claimed.<\/p>\n<p>The recapture of Sudzha is a significant gain for Russia as it battles to eject Ukrainian forces from their foothold in\u00a0Kursk, which they have been clinging to since last August.<\/p>\n<p>Putin, dressed in his military uniform, visited his army in\u00a0Kursk\u00a0yesterday and ordered them to press ahead and retake the rest of the Ukrainian-held territory.<\/p>\n<p>Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) expert in Russian domestic politics, Emily Ferris, described the president\u2019s clothing as a show of strength to the Russian people that \u2018the war is not over until Russia says so\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>She told <strong>Metro<\/strong>: \u2018It is a move clearly designed to signal the military strength, as US negotiators arrive in Moscow today. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"646\" height=\"363\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"article-image wp-image-22720008 lazyload\" loading=\"lazy\" data-src=\"http:\/\/softnary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/SEI_243688868-87a4.jpg\">\t<\/div><figcaption>Destructions in the town of Sudzha in the Kursk region (Picture: AFP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u2018Putin rarely visits the frontline and is very rarely in fatigues, unlike Zelensky who had adopted the uniform as a sign that Ukraine remains at war.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The audience is twofold \u2013 to the American negotiators, Putin\u2019s choice and his words to the soldiers do not suggest the Russian position on the war to be softening. <\/p>\n<p>\u2018Certainly, restoring Russia\u2019s southern border and pushing further into Ukraine is a priority, as there is a risk that any ceasefire agreement would cement the conflict along its current lines.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>This comes as Donald Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2025\/03\/13\/trump-warns-putin-back-peace-will-ruin-russia-22717868\/\">warned that he could hurt Russia\u2019s economy if it did not agree on a 30-day ceasefire<\/a> proposed in talks in Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n<p>The US president said: \u2018I can do things financially that would be very bad for Russia. 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in Kursk may backfire.<\/p>\n<p>His military attire may also be perceived as a subtle attempt to outshine the US president in the negotiations for a ceasefire.<\/p>\n<p>The Kremlin is still waiting to make an official response to the proposal, so the White House\u00a0may see his visit to Kursk as a betrayal \u2013 or a sign that Putin will not play ball.<\/p>\n<p>Keir stressed that is only when the military situation is \u2018disadvantageous\u2019 for Russia that it makes sense for it to agree to a ceasefire.<\/p>\n<p>He added: \u2018There is no reason for Russia to agree to a ceasefire. If Russia\u2019s military commanders feel that the advantage is going their way, and they want to press home and make use of whatever momentum they have achieved.\u2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><strong><strong><strong>Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"mailto:webnews@metro.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\">webnews@metro.co.uk<\/a>.<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><strong>For more stories like this, <\/strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/news\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>check our news page<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the last known sightings of Putin in a military uniform is from 2005 (Picture: Getty\/Reuters) Vladimir Putin has ditched his \u00a37,000 bespoke Italian suits for a military uniform in an attempt to present himself as a wartime leader and align with the success of Russian forces. 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