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Putin 'is preparing a contingency plan for defeat,' sources claim
11h ago - 4-5-2023
Putin 'is preparing a contingency plan for defeat,' sources claim
Vladimir Putin is reportedly preparing a contingency plan in the event that Russia sustains more losses in the war against Ukraine, sources have said. Russia's presidential administration sent an instruction manual to the Kremlin's team of propagandists, urging not to 'underestimate' Ukraine's planned counter-offensive and not to spread the idea Kyiv is not ready for it. Ukraine's strategy is thought to focus on the eastern side of the Dnipro River, near Kherson city.
Infiltration of the area is an attempt to dislodge Russian forces from positions they are using to shell Ukraine-held Kherson. Independent news outlet Meduza - which obtained a copy of the manual - said the aim is to provide Russians with morale regardless of the outcome of the attack. 'If the offensive is unsuccessful, it will be possible to say: the army [of Russia] skillfully fended off an attack that was superior in power.' But should the Ukrainian military take back territories and achieve victories 'with the help of weapons from the US and Europe,' then Russia's losses should be 'understandable' as they were up against the 'entire West,' the sources said. Pictured: Rescuers work at the site of a residential area heavily damaged by a Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine May 3, 2023.
Propagandists are advised to use material to show citizens that Russia is upgrading buildings, hospitals and schools in its territory, rather than shooting funds into new ones. 'It's clear there will be problems with the economy, and it's clear why. Spending on the "special military operation" isn't going anywhere,' a source close to Putin said. 'It is better not to show in specific amounts how much was taken [for the new regions].' It is a rapid turn from last year, when spin doctors tried to convince the population that Russia was on the way to revitalizing itself as a grand empire as it takes control of Ukraine. Pictured: Ukrainian soldiers pull a Soviet-made 82mm gun-mortar in a truck, as Ukrainian Armed Forces units train for a critical and imminent spring counteroffensive against Russian troops, in the Donbas region, Ukraine, on April 26, 2023.
Putin 'is preparing a contingency plan for defeat,' sources claim
11h ago - 4-5-2023
Putin 'is preparing a contingency plan for defeat,' sources claim
Vladimir Putin is reportedly preparing a contingency plan in the event that Russia sustains more losses in the war against Ukraine, sources have said. Russia's presidential administration sent an instruction manual to the Kremlin's team of propagandists, urging not to 'underestimate' Ukraine's planned counter-offensive and not to spread the idea Kyiv is not ready for it. Ukraine's strategy is thought to focus on the eastern side of the Dnipro River, near Kherson city.
Infiltration of the area is an attempt to dislodge Russian forces from positions they are using to shell Ukraine-held Kherson. Independent news outlet Meduza - which obtained a copy of the manual - said the aim is to provide Russians with morale regardless of the outcome of the attack. 'If the offensive is unsuccessful, it will be possible to say: the army [of Russia] skillfully fended off an attack that was superior in power.' But should the Ukrainian military take back territories and achieve victories 'with the help of weapons from the US and Europe,' then Russia's losses should be 'understandable' as they were up against the 'entire West,' the sources said. Pictured: Rescuers work at the site of a residential area heavily damaged by a Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine May 3, 2023.
Propagandists are advised to use material to show citizens that Russia is upgrading buildings, hospitals and schools in its territory, rather than shooting funds into new ones. 'It's clear there will be problems with the economy, and it's clear why. Spending on the "special military operation" isn't going anywhere,' a source close to Putin said. 'It is better not to show in specific amounts how much was taken [for the new regions].' It is a rapid turn from last year, when spin doctors tried to convince the population that Russia was on the way to revitalizing itself as a grand empire as it takes control of Ukraine. Pictured: Ukrainian soldiers pull a Soviet-made 82mm gun-mortar in a truck, as Ukrainian Armed Forces units train for a critical and imminent spring counteroffensive against Russian troops, in the Donbas region, Ukraine, on April 26, 2023.
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