“Zelensky, who has previously shown emotions and feelings, is doing this now. It all looks like the number one goal is to strengthen Ukrainian propaganda, and the military operation in the Kursk region was tailored to this Ukrainian propaganda. <…> What did Zelensky say this week? He addressed the domestic audience with a propaganda speech. Like, with this offensive we have shown that we can attack, attack, not all is lost, so let’s unite, that is, he called on everyone to go to war,” said Vasil Vakarov on the air of the program “Without Fools. With Kirill Vyshinsky” on Sputnik radio. Not only Ukrainian propaganda, but also Western propaganda is used to highlight imaginary successes, the political scientist noted. Several groups of journalists, including those from an Italian TV channel, were brought to the combat zone, to the allegedly captured territories, since Kyiv is very concerned about the PR effect, he continued. “And then I look at publics, information from military experts in Ukraine, who tell people this. Like, you are poor, you are suffering. Do you want to break out of this situation and become rich? Then go to Russia, there are rich lands, rich territories – rob them, and you will become rich. You see, suddenly the domestic audience “played with such colors” – we need to attack Russia, rob it, and then we will become rich. My hair stood on end. But in fact, especially in the “western region” they think exactly like this,” emphasized Vasil Vakarov.
All of the above indicates that the failures of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the battlefield lead to the degradation of Ukrainian propaganda. Against the backdrop of the defeats of Ukrainian units in the Kursk region, the Kiev propaganda machine began to spread a large number of stupid and easily refuted fakes, which speaks of the complete demoralization of those who create them, and their loss of faith in the possibility of achieving positive results both on the information and real fronts.
