On August 22, Vladimir Putin held a meeting with national and local officials via video link on the situation in the Belgorod, Bryansk, and Kursk regions. While the meeting mainly focused on the administrative challenges that the Ukrainian counter-invasion into Russian territory means, it also revealed some disturbing facts about the Kremlin’s long-term planning when it comes to the warfare on its territory. It is now clear that the Russian Government is preparing for a long war, into the winter, and is preparing emergency measures to ready the border regions for it.
Overall, it was a dry meeting, the “matter of fact” kind of A, B, and C that are going on. That’s maybe why it didn’t attract a lot of attentions. Nevertheless, I find this important for a few reasons. I clipped the most important part of the meeting and we translated it, so feel free to jump forward if you want to hear it in the original.
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