The war that broke out on February 24, 2022 when Russian troops invaded Ukraine at the instruction of Russian President Vladimir Putin has not stopped. There is an attempt to analyze this war in the relationship between the two countries' domestic politics and international politics. But it should be noted that Putin is trying to justify the invasion of Ukraine by citing history, and that Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky is actively responding to Putin's interpretation of history.
Russia forcibly annexed Crimea in 2014. And secretly supported pro-Russian factions in eastern Ukraine. The armed uprising that began in this way led to a war between pro-Russian militants and Ukrainian regular troops in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine. Shortly afterwards, Russia intervened in the war, citing protection of Russians in Donbas and stability in the border region. The war is called the "Russian-Ukraine War" and continues to this day. The outstanding characteristic of the war is that it is like an exhibition that combines the representative aspects of combat and combat by period at the same time. Recently, Russia flatly rejected Ukraine's proposal for Christmas withdrawal. At the recent G7 summit, Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky presented Christmas to Russia as an withdrawal date, saying, "If we withdraw, we will stop hostile acts." "Soon we will have a holiday celebrated by billions of people," he said. "Now is the time to think about peace, not invasion." However, Russia rejected the proposal for a Christmas ceasefire the next day. According to a report by Russia's state-run journalist TASS, spokesman Dmitry Peskov said at a regular briefing that "Ukraine must accept a new reality after the war," adding, "No progress will be possible without considering this new reality." The G7 leaders supported Zelensky's proposal and agreed to step up economic pressure on Russia.
It can be seen that Russia is being shunned internationally, which continues in Russia. Russian President Vladimir Putin's cancellation of the annual press conference was attributed to the dismal public sentiment, according to an analysis. In an analysis of Ukraine's war situation, the British Ministry of Defense diagnosed, "The cancellation of Russian President Vladimir Putin's annual press conference may be due to concerns over the situation in which internal antipathy against the war has prevailed." The British Ministry of Defence added, "Kremlin officials are extremely sensitive to the possibility that the event attended by President Putin will be devoted to unauthorized talk about 'special military operations'." Usually, most of the questions at the press conference attended by President Putin are censored and controlled in advance, but it is interpreted that it would have been difficult to completely block related questions or raise issues as a serious issue of the Ukrainian war is underway this year. The British Ministry of Defense interpreted that the press conference was canceled due to concerns that if discussions on the war continued, it could further stimulate the public's The Russian army has been struggling in the war for 10 months. The loss of troops increased and 300,000 reservists were mobilized to solve it, causing widespread public dissatisfaction. Russian public opinion seems to be getting worse as the two countries' lives and economic losses are increasing, while the prospects for peace negotiations are still unclear.