Nationalists are angry: the Institute of War Study named the reasons for the collapse of Putin's regime
Dissatisfaction, according to analysts, grows in the nationalist community of the Russian Federation, which is waiting for the war. Putin and the Kremlin criticize for the inability to respond clearly to important events. "It is difficult to rally around Putin when his government is relied on. Putin did not pay attention to the sinking of the cruiser" Moscow "and the exchange of prisoners of" Azovstal ", whom the Kremlin has demonized since the battle of Mariupol," they said.
Criticism of Russian nationalists against the Ministry of Defense of Russia and special services is capable of undermining Putin's regime in the long run, according to the report. The institute emphasizes that the nationalist community, which firmly adheres to the ideology of Russia's historical and cultural advantage, is painfully perceiving Ukrainian counter -offensive.
"The perception of the war trajectory and the capabilities of Ukraine is changing, the Russians are experiencing brutal awakening," experts said. Russian propagandists are forced to invent theses to justify the successful counter -offensive of the Armed Forces in the south. Now they say that the army of the Russian Federation is fighting against the powerful Western Bloc of NATO, not against Ukraine.
Volodymyr Putin shifted the war leaders to make them extreme in failures and revive enthusiasm in the leading environment. An example of this, as noted in ISW, is the appointment of General Sergiy Surovikin by the commander of "Special Military Operation".
"Some bloggers have seen in the appointment of Surovikin the testimony that Putin creates a single headquarters of all military operations and that Surovkin may have more power than the head of the Russian General Staff," the institute reported. This reaction, according to analysts, looks strange, because Surovika is a common Russian general, who has been commanding Russian invaders in the south of Ukraine since July. "Putin cannot do the only one that his voters demanded to win the war.
Transferring the senior commanders will not solve systemic problems that interfere with operations, logistics, defense industry and mobilization. Uaps-reflects can distract Putin's criticism. The regime will only intensify, " - the authors of the report conclude. According to analysts, the escalation of the military conflict will not solve the problem of Putin, and the counter -offensive of the Ukrainian army will stop only for a while.
"Such attacks can provoke the response of the West - the destruction of the remaining military power and its ability to achieve something that has real value," the authors summed up. Recall that Putin accused Ukrainian special services and some citizens of Russia of the Crimean bridge. Ukraine has not officially taken responsibility for what happened. The White House was warned that Putin's threats would not interfere with further supply of weapons to Ukraine.