The Presidential Executive Office of Russia (the Presidential Administration) has begun preparing regional officials to create an image of victory for Russian citizens. Source: Kommersant and The Moscow Times,

"Seven companies of instructors and eight training companies for specialists... have trained over 300,000 service members," said Ivan Buvaltsev, the head of the training department at the Armed Forces.

For the Kremlin, shaping how the Russian public views the war in Ukraine has become just as important as the conflict itself. With no clear end in sight, Russian leaders are already preparing to sell the idea of “victory,