Putin is trying to mislead West by talking about different goals in Ukraine, - ISW

09.12.2022, 11:04 censor.net

The Kremlin probably hasn’t given up on its maximalist goals in Ukraine, despite Kremlin spokesman Dmytro Peskov admitting for the first time that Moscow’s current territorial goal is to fully seize the four partially occupied regions of Ukraine. This is reported by Censor.NET with reference to the Institute for the Study of War (ISW). Peskov seized the opportunity to further capitalize on the West's desire for talks on December 8 by expanding on Russian President Vladimir Putin's remarks about plans to "join" new Russian territories. Peskov stated that one of Russia's main goals was not to annex new territories that are not currently under Russian occupation, as "there is still a lot of work" to do to fully occupy the Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson regions. Source: https://censor.net/en/n3385878