#russianincursions — Public Fediverse posts

Meanwhile #Putin has opined that the war is near to an end. Which is basically a message to appease growing signs that more #Russians are tired of the #SpecialOperation in #Ukraine. And there is a big BUT here:

"... Putin and his propagandists are telling the Russian public that it’s not them but NATO which is looking out for a conflict. "Western media widely circulated Putin's statement that the end of the war in Ukraine is near, but missed the key context: the very next day he drove to visit his former school teacher — both moves signal the launch of the Kremlin's State Duma election campaign. His remarks are aimed at Russians who want peace, but his actual message was carefully hedged: he'd like the war to end, but 'Western globalists are waging war against us,' so the outcome isn't entirely in his hands" — former Czech security analyst Václav Malík, now working at the Prague-based Center for an Informed Society think-tank, tells me. Malík adds that, at the same time, Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko announced continued "targeted mobilization" to prepare for war, while a prominent Kremlin commentator warned that unless Russia starts striking drone production facilities in Europe, Ukraine will eventually overwhelm it. "The pattern is consistent: while signaling peace to domestic audiences, the Kremlin simultaneously sustains the narrative that Russia faces an existential threat from the West and must keep preparing for broader war" — the analyst says.'

Source: VSquare Newsletter - today
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