ISW: Kremlin intensifying rhetoric pushing for hypothetical partition of Ukraine

ISW assessed that Russian propagandists are reigniting narratives that portray Ukraine as an artificially constructed state. Officials are proposing that Russia and European powers partition Ukraine and leave it as a "sovereign" rump state, comments which were reportedly picked up by right-wing politicians in Central Europe.

By reducing Ukraine's political legitimacy, Russia hopes to reduce Western military support and normalize Western discussions of Ukraine ceding territory to Russia as a legitimate way to end the war.

https://kyivindependent.com/isw-kremlin-intensifying-rhetoric-pushing-for-hypothetical-partition-of-ukraine/

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