Chapter 7: Russia’s Strategy in the Ukraine War: Restoring Russian Greatness by Any Means
Journal: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG eBooks
Year: 2023

Russia's Ukraine strategy is intimately linked to its quest to retain power nationally and internationally. From the perspective of Russian rulers, Ukraine must be deprived of its statehood and cultural identity to secure Russia's great power status. For this purpose, Russia has mainly used an indirect strategy in which military power, including nuclear weapons, plays a central role. Having failed to topple the government in Kyiv in February 2022, Russia's war of aggression on Ukraine bears feat