Russian war against Ukraine: Present situation (Ukrainian Embassy in Tunisia

MILITARY ADVANCEMENTS

• The fighting of the Russian resistance forces in the Belgorod and Kursk regions of Russia has lasted for a week. Russian volunteer formations have achieved significant success: they control a number of settlements of Russia, destroyed many equipment items, personnel, and captured prisoners.

• The Russian authorities have signaled a complete inability to respond to the crisis. It also showed complete indifference to its own local population.

• From now on, the armed Russian opposition is a full-fledged entity in the military-political game on the territory of Russia and abroad.

PUTIN’S “ELECTIONS”

• The Central Election Commission of Russia announced that Putin “won the election” with a result of 87.28%. This “result” puts Putin on a par with odious dictatorships and testifies to the psychological complex of the dictator’s inferiority.

• The analysis of the published data shows large-scale falsifications and fraud. Putin was credited with additional tens of millions of votes. The main “voters” in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine were the Russian occupation troops. Moreover, the “votes” of the soldiers killed in action were also counted.

• The pseudo-elections of Russia are a strong argument in favour of imposing additional sanctions and enhancing Russia’s international isolation.