The “renewed” Union State could include Abkhazia, South Ossetia and the occupied territories of Donbass.
Director of the Institute for Strategic Studies and Security Pavlo Lysyansky said that May 9 Russian President Vladimir Putin may present the Russians with the de facto creation of a new USSR as a “victory.” He wrote about this in his column for Channel 24.
According to Lysyansky, it is a question of probable creation of the “renewed” Union State with Belarus.
Dmitry Mezentsev, Secretary of the State Council of the Union State of Russia and Belarus, Sergei Kiriyenko, Deputy Presidential Administration of the Russian Presidential Administration, Sergei Kravtsov, Minister of Education of the Russian Federation, Andrei Turchak, Secretary of the General Council of the United Russia The meeting discussed the issue of joining the temporarily occupied territories of Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts as part of the Union State, “the expert said. which will include Abkhazia, South Ossetia and the occupied territories of Donbass.
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Despite all the defeats, Vladimir Putin is using the Victory Day celebrations to “wrap up” the war against Ukraine. Potential options include escalation through the formal declaration of war or the beginning of general mobilization, as well as de-escalation through the declaration of victory. It is also possible that Putin may do something mediocre. He can praise the Russian army for its “victory” in Ukraine, but at the same time begin to prepare the population for the fact that a difficult and exhausting conflict will be the new status quo. The Guardian writes that whatever Putin decides on May 9, it will be dangerous for Russia .
Meanwhile, the WSJ writes that during the celebration of Victory Day in Russia, Putin will say exactly how he wants to lose in Ukraine . The media notes that the Kremlin would like to suffer a crushing defeat at the hands of the NATO army, and not to have the Ukrainian Armed Forces humiliatingly defeat the Russian army.
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