Russian President, Vladimir Putinit is displaying a Multifaceted strategy to weakens Western support to Ukraine and undermine Ukrainian moralityaccording to an (ISW). The Kremlin idea with this strategy would be something similar to this: “We will crush Ukraine, even if we fail on the battlefield.”
The report highlights how the Kremlin It is combining long -range military attacks with aggressive rhetorical campaigns To project the image of an inevitable Russian victory: “Putin is taking advantage of long -range attacks against Ukrainian cities, aggressive rhetorical campaigns and Excessive pessimism in the West On the situation on the battlefield in Ukraine. ”
This offensive is not only freed in the field, but also in the psychological and informativein order to make “support Ukraine perceived as useless.”
In the last eight months, Russia has intensified its Missile and drones attacksexecuting seven of the most intense aerial offensives of all the war since January 2025. This war escalation seeks not only to cause physical damagebut to sow the discouragement between the population and the allies of Ukraine.
A very different reality from the one shown by the Kremlin
To the same, Moscow has launched a Informative offensivespreading messages that urge Ukraine to make concessions about their sovereignty and territorial integrity. Although these calls appear to be new proposals, the ISW emphasizes that “most of these statements are coherent with long -lasting Russian war demands“And that, in reality, “They show that Russia’s demands have not changed in the last three years of war “.
Despite the Kremlin rhetoric, the panorama on the ground is very different. “Russian advances have slowed down significantly“, the institute warns, due to the wear and tear suffered by the Russian forces, which” depend more and more poorly trained and equipped infantry To get advances. “
The ISW points out that Putin continues to try to divert the attention of this military reality and concentrate its efforts in what its only way to victory considers: the interruption of Western assistance to Ukraine. “Achieving the cessation of Western military assistance to Ukraine is the only real hope of Russia to win this war”concludes the report.
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