< p _ngcontent-sc100="" class="news-annotation">Russia is preparing the military industry for a long war in Ukraine. Also, the aggressor country establishes additional conditions for evading sanctions.
This was reported at the Institute for the Study of War. Recall that earlier foreign media have already written that Vladimir Putin is still preparing Russians for a long war.
Russia is preparing industry for a long war
As it became known, Russian officials continue to propose measures to prepare the Russian military industry for a prolonged war in Ukraine, and also establish additional conditions for evading sanctions.
Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said on February 8 that the government Russia will subsidize investment projects for the modernization of enterprises operating in the interests of the Russian army, and will allocate significant funds for the production of new military equipment.
In addition, the government will provide benefits to Russian entrepreneurs who support the Russian military, including extended payment deadlines for leased federal property.
The Kremlin is likely to strengthen its main gradually preparing Russia's military industry for a protracted war in Ukraine, while avoiding broader economic mobilization that would lead to further domestic economic disruption and related discontent, the analysts said.
Experts say it is likely that the Kremlin is creating a system of subsidies and incentives designed to take no accountability. The lack of oversight and accounting is likely to allow Russian companies to better avoid international sanctions regimes targeting Russia's military industry.
“The Kremlin's efforts to prepare the Russian arms industry for a protracted war in Ukraine rely in part on the ability of the Russian arms industry to have a permanent access to multiple secure supply chains of key foreign components that it otherwise cannot produce,” the ISW added.
The Kremlin has long been preparing for a protracted war in Ukraine
Recall that earlier the analysts of the American Institute for the Study of War also predicted that the Kremlin was preparing for a protracted war. They noted that the invaders wanted to seize the initiative on the battlefield. Like, the Kremlin is preparing to take decisive strategic action within six months to regain the initiative and put an end to the successes of Ukraine's counteroffensive actions.
