RUSSIAN PROPAGANDA WARS: RUSSIA-UKRAINE 2022

Abstract

Modern wars rely heavily on working with the mass consciousness of both compatriots as well as foreigners. A combating party aims to prove the justness of their actions. Going into war against Ukraine, Russia allegedly tried to achieve demilitarisation and denazification, but in addition to failing to contrive the attack, they also never achieved the desired level of popular support. Propaganda wars resolve what cannot be achieved in the physical world. They can accentuate victory while losing in reality. Propaganda is a virtual space into which its creators are pushed from the physical and informational space. The Soviet experience of propaganda warfare is difficult to repeat today because total propaganda cannot work when the population has access to other sources of information. Contemporary world is not without propaganda; instead, we have a world of multiple propaganda where everyone can find something to prove their individual perception.