Ukraine-Russia Propaganda

The propaganda is flying, so I really don’t know how combat ops are truly going. But I must say that Ukraine is winning the pure propaganda battles.

No need to declare captured Russian tanks, other equipment of invaders as income – NAPC
“Have you captured a Russian tank or armored personnel carrier and are worried about how to declare it? Keep calm and continue to defend the Motherland! There is no need to declare the captured Russian tanks and other equipment, because the cost of this … does not exceed 100 living wages (UAH 248,100),” NAPC’s press service said.

IF some stuff on social media can be believed, Ukrainian civilians do seem to be capturing a surprising amount of light armor (I haven’t seen captured “tanks” despite some headlines to that effect).

Well done.

As I’ve said, I don’t think America has a dog in this fight. Emotionally, though, I do tend to favor the Ukrainians (the people and country, not so much their government leadership). Some credible-seeming interviews with some civilians… they look like people I’d like.

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Bear

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2 thoughts on “Ukraine-Russia Propaganda”

  1. The memes and hashtags while pouring out the vodka will save them.
    The 40 mile long Russian convoy is probably there by now and last night there was word of 700,000 civilians getting out of dodge.
    It would suck to reset like that but it beats being no longer here.

    1. Now there’s a good example of propaganda at work.

      A 40 mile long convoy sounds impressive and overwhelming. BUT… it’s also a nice target, militarily. It might work fine for civilians headed to a capital for protest; as an invasion force it’s a target that screams, “Bomb me!”

      And reportedly the Ukrainians are doing just that, concentrating particularly on it logistics line, especially fuel, because convoys don’t get far without fuel.

      You might check out John Ringo’s The Last Centurion for an excellent fictional treatment of the logistics of a moving force.

      What’s really happening with it? Beats the heck outa me.

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