ISW: Russia aims to discredit governments behind Ukraine's two revolutions
Photo: Orange Revolution on the Maidan in Kyiv (Getty Images)
Moscow is attempting to discredit Ukraine's pro-Western governments that supported the revolutions in 2004 and 2014 through criminal cases, according to the report of the American Institute for the Study of War (ISW).
In particular, this concerns an event on June 7 of this year. On that day, the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs announced a criminal search for former Ukrainian Prime Minister and current Member of Parliament Yulia Tymoshenko.
Analysts believe that the announcement of the search for Yulia Tymoshenko, as well as other Ukrainian officials, indicates an attempt by Russia to discredit Ukraine's pro-Western governments that supported the two revolutions in the country.
"The Russian MVD (Ministry of Internal Affairs - ed.) previously placed other current and former Ukrainian political and military officials on the wanted list. The Kremlin is likely trying to discredit the current and previous pro-Western Ukrainian governments that supported the 2004 Orange Revolution and followed the 2014 Euromaidan Revolution of Dignity," the report states.
According to the Prosecutor General of Ukraine, Andriy Kostin, 90% of Ukrainian prisoners of war in Russia are subjected to physical and psychological torture.
Earlier, RBC-Ukraine reported that Putin's victory theory in the war against Ukraine is aimed at a prolonged war of attrition. This conclusion was made by analysts at the American Institute for the Study of War (ISW).
