Putin Preparing Russians for 10 Years of Ukraine War: ISW
More than two years into the war launched by Putin in February 2022, Moscow has been raising the prospect of peace talks with Ukraine, demanding that the war-torn country cede territory occupied by Russian forces.
In the interview, published late on Tuesday, Medvedev, now deputy chairman of the Security Council of Russia, claimed that “it is not for nothing” that NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg expressed hope that Ukraine could join the military alliance within the next 10 years.
“Russian state news outlets editorialized comments by Russian Security Council Deputy Chairperson Dmitry Medvedev and claimed that he said that the Ukrainian state will no longer exist by 2034, likely to support the Kremlin’s efforts to prepare the Russian public for a long war in Ukraine while promising that Russia will complete its objective to destroy Ukrainian statehood within a decade,” the think tank said.
While Medvedev did not explicitly say that Ukraine will cease to exist by 2034, the ISW pointed out, several outlets, “including Kremlin newswire TASS,” ran with such headlines as “Medvedev Admitted that Ukraine Will No Longer Exist in 2034” and “Medvedev Predicted the Disappearance of Ukraine by 2034.”
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Putin preparing Russians for 10 years of Ukraine war: ISW
The Kremlin is likely trying to convince the public that Russia will “complete its objective to destroy Ukrainian statehood” by 2034.
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