Russia is taking steps to Russify individuals residing within the territory it has illegally occupied since launching its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Supply: UK Defence Intelligence replace dated 27 November on X (Twitter), as reported by European Pravda
Particulars: UK intelligence mentioned that Kremlin ruler Vladimir Putin signed a decree titled "Technique of Russia's nationwide coverage within the interval to 2036", which was revealed on 25 November.
Quote: "The Russian authorities have been directed to construct Russian identification and improve the usage of the Russian language within the territory it illegally occupies in Ukraine.
The doc … highlights a continued Russification coverage, forcing Russian language, identification and tradition on to the residents of sovereign Ukrainian territory.
The coverage kinds a part of Russia's longstanding efforts to extirpate Ukrainian and delegitimise Ukrainian statehood."
Particulars: UK intelligence identified that Russia defines each occupied and unoccupied territories of Ukraine's Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson oblasts, in addition to Crimea, as being elements of Russia.
"The doc's reference to those sovereign Ukrainian oblasts as 'historic territories of the Russian state' emphasises the overtly imperialist side of Russia's persevering with efforts to subjugate Ukraine," UK intelligence famous.
Background:
- Earlier, UK intelligence analysed Russia's personnel losses because the begin of the full-scale invasion.
- It additionally assessed the possible variety of North Korean navy personnel despatched to help Russia in its conflict in opposition to Ukraine.
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