By Eliza Popova
"The Kremlin has probably timed the publication of the former President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych to Putin's speech in the SOS to give the legitimacy of Putin's demand for changing the regime in Ukraine," the report reads. Analysts recalled that on September 1, the Russian propaganda media published a video of Yanukovych, in which he claimed that he worked on Ukraine's approaching the EU during his presidency, and that its ultimate goal was Ukraine's accession to the EU.
At the same time, Yanukovych stated that he always opposed Ukraine's membership in NATO, which, he said, would be a "catastrophe" and "direct path before the Civil War". The ISW emphasized that the time of shooting Yanukovych's video is unknown, but since he started from the statement that Putin was "absolutely right", it is allegedly obvious that it was corrupted by an information attempt.
"Publication of Yanukovych's video in the Russian state media was probably deliberately confined to Putin's statements. The Kremlin can stipulate that Yanukovych is a legitimate leader of Ukraine, not President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy. However Said ISW. They also reminded that the last public appearance of Yanukovych in the media took place in July 2022, when he urged Ukrainians to surrender to Russia.
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