The pseudo-referendums that were held by russia in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine were immediately perceived as a threat of applying nuclear weapons by Kremlin, although in Putin's direct language this threat was addressed to the abstract West, not to Ukraine.
Also, still unclear meaning of the statements by russia’s member of parliament Sergey Mironov, as well as the Gauleiter of the temporarily occupied Crimea, Sergey Aksenov, who stated that after the "entry" of part of the occupied territory of Ukraine into the russian federation, a counter-terrorist operation will be announced, which should replace the so-called "special military operation".
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Considering the fact that the whole world, including the closest allies of the russian federation, such as Serbia, is not going to recognize the pseudo-referendums, there’s something different hiding behind rumbling of nuclear weapons.
Apparently, the absorption of the occupied territories and the announcement of a counter-terrorist operation are aimed at solving internal issues in russia itself, and not external ones.
If we take the legal aspect of the issue, the following must be taken into account. According to the laws russia, military personnel cannot be sent outside the country without signing a contract.
But as soon as the Kremlin declares certain territories of the Kherson, Zaporizhzhya, Luhansk and Donetsk Oblasts as "russian", they will not need to sign any contract.
That is, no 53 dollars a day and three million roubles for being KIA, or at least 300 thousand rubles for a serious injury. From now on they get nothing.
The meaning for the Kremlin is extremely simple: 58,000 liquidated russians in Ukraine are almost three billion dollars only for, with mobs these numbers will simply fly into space.
Moreover, conducting a special military operation assumes that it takes place outside russia’s borders, because officially for russians it takes place on the territory of Ukraine, "DPR" and "LPR".
That is, military personnel needs "per diem" daily payment provided for combat operations abroad, which is additional 50% of the salary. Now, after the formal expansion of its own territory, the Kremlin can easily remove it.
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