Russian dictator Putin is looking for ways to negotiate with the West.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is looking for ways to escalate to push and intimidate the West into agreeing to negotiate with him.

This was told by the head of the Center for Military Legal Research, Oleksandr Musiienko, for Channel 24.

Musienko stressed that Putin's strategy is chaos, war, and aggression because he has no other arguments.

"There was a gas issue - now Europe is refusing this" gas needle ". Now there is a war. Under the pretext of a war against Ukraine, threats to Europe and peace, he wants negotiations. Such is his logic," the expert explained.

That is why Putin gives the order and sometimes, over the territory of Belarus or Kaliningrad, fly MIG-31K, which may have Kinzhal missiles.

The expert also recalled the turbulent situation in Moldova, where pro-Russian forces are trying to stage a coup and overthrow the legally elected government. At the same time, Putin does not have enough resources for this.

Oleksandr Musiienko said that the mistake of many dictators, self-confident and arrogant people, is "woe from wit" after years of rule. They are mistaken that they can start a war and control it.

“This controlled chaos doesn’t happen like that. Quite often, everything gets out of control – starting a war is easier than ending it. Now he (Putin) has a trap – on the one hand, he understands that he cannot hold the occupied territories. Mobilization is already underway, but it is tough at the front. On the other hand, he created such an environment around himself and made so many mistakes that this environment can eat him up in a political sense," the expert noted.