In December, Vladimir Putin called the conflict a 'war' for the first time since the invasion began.
When Putin's troops crossed the Russia-Ukraine border on February 24, 2022, Kremlin officials justified the provocation by saying its campaign sought to eliminate"neo-Nazis" in the country, and that Russia had"no choice" but to protect Russians living in Ukraine's Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulates prosecutors on Prosecutors Day via a video link at the Novo-Ogaryovo residence, outside Moscow, on January 12, 2023. He is moving to treat what he calls a “special military operation” as an all-out war, according to the Institute for the Study of War .In its latest assessment of the war in Ukraine, the ISW, a U.S.
Putin began publicly signaling preparations for a protracted war in early December, pledging that Russia will improve upon the mistakes of its earlier military campaigns and setting conditions for a protracted war in Ukraine, the ISW observed. Putin in December also made several further public appearances"indirectly outlining his goals to improve the Russian war effort's mobilization processes, revitalize Russia's defense industrial base, centralize the Kremlin's grip over the Russian information space, and reinstate the Russian Ministry of Defense's authority," the ISW noted.
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