According to British assessments, Russian troops have again changed their approach in their war of aggression against Ukraine. “His campaign is now likely to be primarily aimed at weakening the Ukrainian armed forces rather than focusing on taking significant amounts of territory,” the Ministry of Defense in London said today on the anniversary of the outbreak of the war.
“The Russian leadership is likely to take a long-term approach, assuming that Russia’s population and resource advantages will eventually deplete Ukraine,” he said, citing intelligence findings.
“Slow progress and extremely expensive”
Russia’s strategy to control the neighboring country has remained virtually constant since 2014. Until 2021, that goal was pursued “subversively”, with Moscow annexing Ukraine’s Crimea peninsula and fomenting undeclared war in Donbass in eastern Ukraine.
“On February 24, 2022, Russia switched to a new approach and launched a full-scale invasion in an attempt to take over the entire country and overthrow the government.”
In April 2022, Russia realized it had failed and focused on expanding and formalizing its rule over Donbass and southern Ukraine. “It has made slow and extremely costly progress,” he said in London.
The British Ministry of Defense published daily information on the course of the war since the start of the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine, citing intelligence information. In doing so, the British government wants to counter the Russian portrayal and keep the Allies in line. Moscow accuses London of a disinformation campaign.