The Russian Federation calls explosions in Crimea terrorist attacks to distract from their military crimes - isw
According to analysts, the Kremlin makes every effort to put the strikes of the Ukrainian army on the military objects of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in Crimea as terrorist acts. These narratives are specifically played to eliminate the emphasis from the military crimes committed by Russian soldiers, as well as to prevent Russia's declaration of terrorism.
In his report, ISW quotes the "head" of occupied Crimea Sergiy Aksenov, who laid responsibility for explosions at strategic objects on representatives of the organization "Hizb Ut-Tahrir" "Russian officials are likely to be increasingly linked Operations conducted by Islamist organizations in an attempt to blamed the Ukrainian guerrilla movement and undermine the calls of Ukraine to officially recognize Russia with a state-existence The evidence that these attacks were made by the Islamists, "the ISW report reads.
In addition, according to American analysts, the Russian leadership despaired in the safety of Crimea after a series of strikes of the Ukrainian army in the military objects of the Armed Forces of the Armed Forces on the Peninsula. Against the backdrop of successful special operations of Kyiv, Viceadmiral Victor Sokolov changed Admiral Igor Osipov as commander of the Black Sea Fleet.
According to ISW, Roszma sought to maintain a high level of secrecy of personnel permutations, "clogging" information space about the "terrorist threat" on the peninsula. "Recent Ukrainian strikes have led Russian forces to a state of increased combat readiness and provoked the restructuring of the forces, logistics and leadership of the Russian group in Crimea to mitigate the consequences of further blows," the American analysts added in their report on August 17.