The Russian leader wants to break the morale of Ukrainians and convince them of the “uselessness” of Western support for Ukraine.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has launched another information campaign against the backdrop of frontline failures. This is stated in the report of the American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) for March 25.
It is noted that the Russian leader is trying to promote the false version that the West can not support the supply of weapons to Ukraine due to limited production. In addition, he revised the nuclear threats, announcing that Russia will deploy tactical nuclear weapons to Belarus on July 1.
According to ISW, the Russian president wants to create the impression that further Ukrainian resistance and Western support for Ukraine is useless. He argued that the increase in defense production planned by the West is significantly below the capabilities of the Russian defense industry.
Russia will build more than 1,600 new tanks by the end of 2023, Putin said, but Russia’s only tank plant (Uralvagonzavod) produces 20 units a month.
“At this rate, it will take more than six years to achieve Putin’s goal… The Kremlin will likely continue to withdraw old tanks from storage and may try to upgrade some of them to meet the stated quota. Even though Putin announced (and unrealistically “The production targets are really close to the minimum level necessary to cover Russia’s losses on the battlefield,” analysts stressed.
They also believe that the announcement of the deployment of tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus does not increase the risk of nuclear war.
“Putin is trying to heighten Western fears of nuclear proliferation by deploying tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus… He apparently tried to deploy Russian nuclear weapons in Belarus long before the invasion of Ukraine in February 2022… but refrained in order to maintain the ability to deploy him as part of a future Russian information operation to manipulate the West,” the report said.
It will be remembered that the Pentagon said that at the moment they see no signs of the readiness of the Russian Federation to use nuclear weapons.
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Source: korrespondent
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