According to the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) in Washington, DC, the forced annexation of four Ukrainian provinces by Russia will make it difficult for Russian authorities to set up a structure for government and administration.
On Friday, Vladimir Putin signed “accession treaties” with the Russian Federation’s Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhia, and Kherson. This came after the four regions held referendums that the West deemed “rigged” and “sham.”
The G7 nations—Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States—issued a joint statement declaring that they would “never recognise” the annexation, which they called “a new low point in Russia’s blatant mockery of international law.” The move incited outrage from Western nations. Following the statement, Russia and the United Kingdom were subject to fresh penalties from the United States and the United Kingdom.
The US Institute for the Study of War, ISW, stated in its most recent assessment of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, released on September 30, that Russia would probably find it difficult to maintain control over the annexations.
“Putin may have sped up the annexation of these areas before making fundamental administrative choices regarding border and rule of law. As a result, Russian authorities didn’t provide clear guidelines or administrative frameworks, “claimed the think tank.
Any nation will face bureaucratic difficulties in organising governance for these four forcibly seized territories after Russian soldiers ruthlessly assassinated, detained, or evicted Ukrainian officials who formerly oversaw regional administrations.
Given the bureaucratic incompetence shown by the Kremlin’s attempt to partially mobilise the Russian males, the same issues will recur as Russian officials struggle to establish government structures over the recalcitrant populace and hesitant to join Russia. Russia stated that its forces had been withdrawn “because to the possibility of being encircled.
Ramzan Kadyrov, the ruler of Russia’s Chechnya province and a staunch supporter of Putin, responded by recommending the use of “low-yield nuclear weapons.”
He said on the social networking site Telegram that, in his opinion, “tougher steps should be implemented by imposing martial law in border areas and even employing low-yield nuclear bombs.”
Putin stressed that Russia will “defend” its newly annexed land “with all the forces and resources at our disposal” following the annexation ceremony on Friday in Moscow’s opulent Kremlin Palace.
Dr. Alan Mendoza, executive director of the Henry Jackson Research Center in London, said in a statement to Newsweek that Putin is attempting to end the conflict with observable regional gains because, in the end, he will find it difficult to maintain his political position following further military humiliation.
Russian military and local collaborators are targeted by shelling and shooting in areas under Russian control in Ukraine, in addition to the Ukrainian regular forces. Videos of ostensibly inebriated Russian conscripts went viral on social media after the mobilisation order.
Was Putin rushing to conquer the areas of Ukraine? .. A study reveals
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