The UK Ministry of Defence has claimed that the Russian referendums introduced on September 20 are attributable to fears of imminent Ukrainian assault, as reported on Wednesday, September 2021.

Talking on the Russian referendums and the concern of Ukrainian assault, the UK MOD said:

“On 20 September 2022, officers from Ukraine’s Russian-occupied Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia areas introduced they are going to conduct referendums on accession to the Russian Federation.”

“These referendums observe the Russian Duma’s formal recognition of the Donetsk and Luhansk Folks’s Republics on 21 February 2022. This urgency is probably going pushed by fears of imminent Ukrainian assault and an expectation of higher safety after formally turning into a part of Russia.”

“Russian forces in Ukraine proceed to expertise personnel shortages. The Russia Duma voted on 20 September 2022 to amend a regulation which extends punishments for defaulting troops. That is possible meant to restrict the variety of desertions and refusals and thereby to mitigate a few of the rapid pressures.”

“The Russian civilian and navy management has confronted vital strain over the past two weeks. These new measures have extremely possible been introduced forwards attributable to public criticism and mark an extra growth in Russia’s technique.”

“Putin is accepting higher political danger by undermining the fiction that Russia is neither in a warfare nor a nationwide disaster within the hope of producing extra fight energy.”

The information follows a huge inventory market crash on the Russian inventory alternate going down following the announcement of varied referendums together with within the Luhansk and Donetsk Folks’s Republics, as reported on Tuesday, September 20.

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