Russia preparing its citizens for protracted war with Ukraine and West - British intelligence

The aggressor country of the russian federation is preparing its citizens for a long war with the "collective West."

This is stated in the intelligence review of the UK Ministry of Defence on X (formerly Twitter).

It is noted that the kremlin is preparing russians to think that the war will last for a long time, and reducing the standard of living justifies a big goal - the fight against the collective West.

British intelligence cites the statement of Dmitry Peskov, the spokesman for the dictator president of russia, they say, although the so-called "special military operation began as an operation against Ukraine, over time it has taken on the form of a war against the collective West, a war when the countries of the collective West, led by the United States, are directly involved in this conflict."

Peskov's statement, analysts say, corresponds to a trend in russian official rhetoric that tries to justify the duration of the war and the scale of russian losses, depicting the war as a direct conflict with the West. The kremlin spokesman also admitted that “the ’special military operation’ may last a bit longer, but this can’t change the course of things."

"This forms part of the official Russian official narrative almost certainly aimed at situating the domestic population for a long-term conflict and the associated decline in domestic living standards, while providing reassurance of ultimate Russian victory,” the British Ministry of Defence notes.

Recall that earlier British intelligence predicted the plans of the russian army after the capture of Avdiivka.