"Common gene pool": in the Russian Federation try to eradicate the ethnic identity of Ukrainians - isw

Analysts believe that the Kremlin deliberately gives space to express certain groups of people to support anti -Ukrainian propaganda. Russian guidance bloggers continue to keep an information campaign to destroy the cultural and ethnic identity of Ukrainian citizens in the eyes of their audience. This is stated in the report of the Institute of War Study (ISW) of January 6.

The authors of the publication cite as an example of the "State Security Minister of DNR" Alexander Khodakovsky, who on the eve of Christmas published a post with criticism of Ukraine's desire for joining NATO and the European Union. "Ukraine is our gene pool, however, renounced our own identity. But it is not only a gene pool is a common spiritual space that is now rust on all sides," Khodakovsky said.

The ISW notes that in the Russian information space, the abstracts of "oppression of the Russian language" have recently been again sounded. According to experts, such statements are aimed at dehumanizing Ukrainians in the eyes of citizens of the Russian Federation. Analysts suggest that these statements do not contradict the Kremlin's official position. Otherwise, bloggers who ignite hatred of Ukrainians would have already fallen under censorship in the Russian Federation.

Earlier in ISW ​​also explained why Vladimir Putin offered Ukraine "Christmas Truce". According to experts, the Kremlin intended to spoil the reputation of Ukraine in the eyes of the international community or to use lull at the front to take the initiative in the Armed Forces. Focus also wrote that the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation changed the style of submission of daily ranking, trying to distract the Russians' attention from serious military failures in Ukraine.