undermining the Crimean bridge, the recent failures of the Russian military and partial mobilization provoked direct criticism of Russian President Vladimir Putin by representatives of the nationalist community, customized to continue the war. This conclusion was reached by experts of the American Institute for the Study of War (ISW).
The next summary of the institute states that this criticism, which experts consider unprecedented, indicates growing doubts about the ability of the Russian president to fulfill the declared goal of” denacing “of Ukraine and may undermine Putin’s attractiveness among its main electorate.
The goals of the invasion of the invasion of Ukraine found a deep response in the nationalist community, which adheres to the ideology of the historical and cultural superiority of Russia and its right to control the territories of the former Soviet Union and the Russian Empire. However, the latest military failures forced some military bloggers and experts to doubt Putin’s commitment to this ideology, some of them even accused the president of inability to defend this ideology even before a full -scale invasion of February, ISW analysts noted.
The summary of the institute indicates that Putin continues to shuffle his senior military leaders, it is possible to relieve guilt and revive enthusiasm in an extremist wire community.
According to analysts, shuffling senior commanders will not solve the systemic problems that interfered with Russian operations, logistics, defense industry and mobilization from the very beginning of the invasion.