1、CENTRE FOR EASTERN STUDIESwww.osw.waw.plOSW CommentaryThe views expressed by the authors of the papers do not necessarily reflect the opinion of Polish authorities.EDITORS:Wojciech Konoczuk,Marek Menkiszak,Tadeusz Iwaski,Tomasz Strzelczyk,Katarzyna KazimierskaTRANSLATION:Magdalena KlimowiczCO-OPERAT
2、ION:Nicholas FurnivalDTP:Zofia KonarskaCentre for Eastern Studiesul.Koszykowa 6a,00-564 Warsaw,Polandtel.:(+48)22 525 80 00,infoosw.waw.pl www.osw.waw.plA creeping annexation.Russias plans to partition UkrainePiotr ochowski,Krzysztof NieczyporRussia was forced to modify its plan after its military o
3、peration in Ukraine failed.The original intention was the rapid political subjugation of Ukraine.The new plan involves Russia consol-idating its position in the territories that it has managed to seize thus far.As aresult of major resistance on the part of Ukrainian society,the Kremlin has abandoned
4、 its planned implemen-tation of atechnique known from 2014 involving the creation of so-called peoples republics in the occupied Kherson Oblast and portions of Zaporizhzhia Oblast.Since May 2022,Russian government officials have increasingly frequently spoken of annexing the occupied territories,mak