Propaganda failed: the Russians did not believe in the "Act of Remall" for the blow to Makiivka - ISW
This is stated in the new report of the ISW War Study of January 8. The department reminds that in its summary of January 7, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported the task of a massive missile strike on Kramatorsk, which was allegedly a "retaliation act" for the destruction of the Russian base in occupied Makeevka.
The Ministry claimed that after the firing of the frontline city, several points of deployment of the Defense Forces of Ukraine were destroyed and nearly 600 Ukrainian servicemen were killed. According to analysts, such statements of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation provoked a wave of indignation in information space. "This is a statement (about the liquidation of 600 Ukrainian fighters - ed.
) Is not true - the Finnish reporter visited the place of impact in Kramatorsk on January 8 and noted that the blow had been taken on empty school. Several Russian military bloggers responded negatively to the statement that the agency often represents false statements. They also criticized the military leadership for a fictional story about "retribution" for a blow to Makiivka instead of holding the Russian leadership responsible for losses, "the analysts say in their report.
The ISW War Study reminds that the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation had previously used the formulation of the "retaliation act" when an attack on the Kerch Bridge was carried out in October 2022. At that time, the ministry's reports were in response to the objects of Ukraine in order to reduce the degree of tension in society, which demanded to punish the perpetrators for a successful operation of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
"The Ministry of Defense has created a loop of negative feedback, in which it tries to respond to Ukrainian offensive successes, which leads to constant criticism by dissatisfied Russian military bloggers. The response of the Russian department to a blow to Makeevka is an obvious continuation which again makes the Russian military leadership vulnerable to severe criticism, " - summarized American analysts in their report.
It should be noted that the Institute for the Study of the ISW War in the report of January 3 reported that the owner of the Wagner group Yevgeny Prigogin was conducting an information campaign against the Ministry of Defense of Russia. According to analysts, "Putin's chef" tries to shift responsibility for the failures of mercenaries in Bakhmut.