The Kremlin is projecting the narrative of a powerful Russia and a powerful Putin to conceal the real weaknesses and limitations of Russia's capabilities and distract from Russia's battlefield failures.

Institute for the Study of War@thestudyofwar.bsky.social · last yr.

NEW | Hiding Russia’s Weakness: isw.pub/HidingRussia... The Kremlin is projecting the narrative of a powerful Russia and a powerful Russian President Vladimir Putin to conceal the real weaknesses and limitations of Russia's capabilities and distract from Russia's battlefield failures. 🧵(1/4)

Russia has distorted key concepts in Western discourse on this war, redefining any effort to 'resist Russian aggression' as escalation. More in my @thestudyofwar.bsky.social essay from earlier this year understandingwar.org/backgrounder...