Israeli Military Experts on the Enabling Factors of Russian War Crimes in Ukraine

The 2022 invasion of Ukraine was supposed to illustrate the Russian army’s ability to conduct a “contactless,” “surgical” military operation with minimal civilian casualties and damage to critical national infrastructure. Yet troops began committing war crimes in Ukraine virtually from the first days of the invasion. Did the Russian military anticipate applying such a level of brutality to civilians? If not, how did it become so widespread so quickly? What role has Russia’s early operational and tactical failures, its doctrinal causes, and its general military culture played in enabling such shocking violence? Izabella Tabarovsky speaks to Israeli military analysts Sarah-Masha Fainberg and Daniel Rakov to uncover the enabling factors of Russian culture of violence against Ukrainian civilians. The conversation was recorded on May 16. For more information including show notes and relevant timestamps, visit our site:

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Israeli Military Experts on the Enabling Factors of Russian War Crimes in Ukraine is an episode from The Russia File by Wilson Center.

This episode is 00:49:55 long.

This episode was published on Jun 29, 2023.

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