Putin did not give up his key goals for Ukraine - isw

The Kremlin head still wants to change the regime in Kiev and occupy as many Ukrainian regions as possible. The strategic goals of Russian President Vladimir Putin during a full -scale invasion of Ukraine remain unchanged. This is stated in the new report of the ISW War Study of August 16. American analysts say that the Kremlin, using propaganda, tries to distort its maximalist goals in Ukraine.

However, as said in the ISW report, Russian President Vladimir Putin still wants to change the regime in Kiev and occupy most of the neighboring state. In the material of the analysts, they quoted the statement of the Kremlin head, which was made during the Army-2022 Forum, that "our troops and fighters of the Donbass perform their duty by fighting for Russia and releasing" Donbas ".

" Such a limited statement about Russian The goals contrast sharply with previously formulated Russian military purposes for "denacification" and "demilitarization" of all Ukraine. A relatively limited statement of Putin is also incompatible with the actions of the Russian Federation on the integration of the occupied parts of the Kherson and Zaporizhzhya regions into the Russian Federation, "ISW emphasized, analyzing the Kremlin's strategic goals in Ukraine.