Russian President

 Vladimir Putin

 is creating a "special military operation" against Ukraine in the image of the Second World War.

In this way, he wants to make them want to fight.

This is stated in a report by the Institute for the Study of War (ISW).

ISW analysts analyzed Putin's statement made in St. Petersburg on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the breakthrough of the Nazi blockade of Leningrad by the Soviet army.

Putin repeated standard Kremlin rhetoric that resonated with Russia's ultra-nationalist pro-war audience.

At the same time, its elements are increasingly critical of his conduct of the war.

Lies about "Ukrainian Nazis" and "genocide of Russians" are designed to return support for the invasion of Ukraine among the Russian population.

Thus, Putin wants to displace the so-called "military bloggers" in the information space.

"The speech of the President of the Russian Federation is probably part of a larger and relatively new informational effort aimed at wrapping the 'special military operation' in the Russian national myth about the Second World War in order to increase Russian support for the protracted war and increase mobilization," it said. in the message.

Analysts note that Putin's speech showed that he remains unsure of his ability to significantly shape the Russian information space by influencing Russians.

He simply repeated the Kremlin's standard rhetoric, which falsely claims that Russia launched the invasion of Ukraine to protect the people of Donbas from neo-Nazis, who the Kremlin says seized control of the Ukrainian government in 2014. 

We will remind you that on January 18, the head of the Kremlin visited St. Petersburg to take part in events marking the 80th anniversary of the breakthrough of the blockade of Leningrad.

There, Putin once again called the Ukrainian government a "neo-Nazi regime" and called the war unleashed by him the protection of speakers of the Russian language and culture.

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