Russia may use the May 9 celebrations to announce a mass military mobilization of reserves for war with Ukraine.
"I think Putin will try to move away from his 'special operation.' He was preparing the ground, laying the groundwork to say: "Look, now this is a war against the Nazis, and I need more people, more russian cannon fodder," - said the minister, adding that on 9 May 2022, Putin may announce a military mobilization of russians.
"I would not be surprised - although I have no information about this - if he were going to announce on this May day that they are now at war with the " Nazis around the world," and a mass military mobilization of the russians is needed," - said Ben Wallace.
He also called covering up that Russian generals "sent thousands to their deaths because of their incompetence, arrogance and Putin's ego" a "pathetic attempt."
The minister added that the mass military mobilization of russian reservists would be a "recognition of failure."
Ben Wallace also suggested that the russians would be bragging about conquering Mariupol, although they do not have complete control of the city.
Earlier, the Head of the Ministery of the Defence of Great Britain suggested that Putin could try to gain a foothold in the territories he had already seized in Ukraine and then go deep, like a "cancer tumor" inside the country.