The Russian Defense Ministry has created a negative feedback loop in which it tries to respond to the successes of the Ukrainian offensive.
In Russia, the Ministry of Defense was criticized for circulating a fake statement about a “retaliatory operation” in Kramatorsk. This was announced on Sunday, January 8, by the Institute for the Study of War (ISW).
“Attempts of the Russian Defense Ministry to claim that Russian troops responded to the December 31 Ukrainian attack on Russian positions in Makiivka are causing further discontent in the Russian information space,” said of the statement.
Earlier, the Russian MoD announced that Russian troops carried out a “retaliation operation” and retaliated against Ukrainian forces for the December 31 attack in Makiivka, which killed up to 400 mobilized soldiers due to errors by Russian command and weak dispersal. behavior.
At the same time, the Russian Ministry of Defense falsely stated that in Kramatorsk, Donetsk region, more than 600 Ukrainian servicemen were allegedly killed as a result of the Russian strike.
Journalists visited the impact site in Kramatorsk and said it hit an empty school.
A number of Russian military correspondents and bloggers responded negatively to the Russian Defense Ministry’s statement, pointing out that the department often makes fake statements.
“The propagandists criticized the Russian military leadership for making up a story to ‘revenge’ the strike on Makiivka, instead of taking responsibility for the losses themselves,” the analysts said.
“The reaction of the Russian Ministry of Defense to the attack on Makeevka has once again opened an opportunity for strong criticism of the Russian military leadership regarding the conduct of the war,” the ISW notes.
Recall that foreign journalists did not find confirmation of the statement of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation about the defeat of the Ukrainian military in Kramatorsk on the night of January 8, which was also previously denied by the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
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Source: korrespondent
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