Crimea shifts from Putin's trophy to a costly burden as Ukraine strikes its myth

Ukraine has been systematically striking Crimea's infrastructure, eroding not only military assets but the political myth Putin built around the peninsula he declared "reclaimed forever" in 2014. A significant part of Putin's political legitimacy rests on the Crimea narrative, and the Kremlin has invested heavily in projecting it as an irreversible symbol of Russian power. The opinion piece argues that the collapse of this myth may prove more damaging to Putin than any battlefield loss.

Will destroying the Crimea myth damage Putin more than military losses?

Onet Wiadomości · 5d ago · Source ↗

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