Russian state TV likely avoided mentioning the two-year anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine amid the country’s “failures” to achieve its stated strategic goals in the conflict and extensive troop losses, a U.S.-based think tank has said.
The Institute for the Study of War (ISW) made the assessment in its latest analysis of the conflict in Ukraine on Sunday, after Agentstvo, a Russian investigative site, highlighted that the anniversary of the war, which fell on February 24, was barely mentioned on state television.
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By Isabel van Brugen:
Russian state TV likely avoided mentioning the two-year anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine amid the country’s “failures” to achieve its stated strategic goals in the conflict and extensive troop losses, a U.S.-based think tank has said.
The Institute for the Study of War (ISW) made the assessment in its latest analysis of the conflict in Ukraine on Sunday, after Agentstvo, a Russian investigative site, highlighted that the anniversary of the war, which fell on February 24, was barely mentioned on state television.
Read more: [https://www.newsweek.com/russian-tv-ukraine-war-two-year-anniversary-1873232](https://www.newsweek.com/russian-tv-ukraine-war-two-year-anniversary-1873232)
“Don’t pay any attention to the 500,000 Russian casualties so far. Everything is going according to plan”
But it’s only a special military operation, not a war 🫣
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