A According to the UK Ministry of Defence, Russia is “struggling” to maintain the “consistency” of the narrative used to justify the war at a time when mercenary group leader Wagner questioned whether there really were “Nazis” in Ukraine. , which released its most recent intelligence report.
“The Russian government is struggling to maintain stability in a central narrative that it uses to justify the war in Ukraine: that the invasion is analogous to the Soviet experience in World War II,” the statement released this Saturday begins.
British Defense recalled that the Russian state press announced on April 18 that it was canceling commemorative parades of the “Great Patriotic War” (World War II) for “security reasons” and said, “Indeed, the authorities were probably concerned that participants would focus on Russian losses.
Additionally, the Guardian notes, “These facts come after Wagner Group owner Yevgeny Prigozhin publicly questioned whether there really were any ‘Nazis’ in Ukraine, going against Russia’s justification for the war.”
“The authorities continued to try to unite the Russian public in polarizing myths about the 1940s. On April 12, 2023, state news agency RIA Novosti reported ‘unique’ documents from FSB archives implicating the Nazis in the killing of 22,000 Polish citizens. The Katyn Massacre in 1940. Indeed, the FSB’s predecessor agency The NKVD took charge. Russia’s Duma officially condemned Joseph Stalin for ordering the killings in 2010,” the report said.
Note that Russian President Vladimir Putin justifies the conflict with the need to “denazify” and demilitarize Ukraine for Russia’s security.
The latest security intelligence update on the situation in Ukraine – 22 April 2023.
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