The Kremlin is reportedly telling Russian civilians that the presence of Ukrainian troops inside their borders is the ‘new normal’, according to the independent Russian-language Meduza. Ukrainians launched a successful incursion into Russian soil earlier this month, a development that could turn the conflict on its head.
Citing its sources close to the Kremlin, Meduza says that propagandists have been instructed to convince Russians that the presence of Ukrainian troops inside their borders is the ‘new normal’
The Kremlin isn’t expecting to be able to drive them out soonhttps://t.co/PZUg42X0XB
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The Russian government apparently does not expect to expel Ukrainian forces in the near term, so it wants its people to adjust to Ukrainian presence. ‘This is necessary so that people consider what is happening not an aberration, but a new norm, albeit temporary. This should be reassuring,’ a Kremlin-linked source told the outlet. It’s probably not terribly reassuring to them.
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