Український дух/Ukrainian spirit

  How effective is propaganda? Is it the cause and origin of crimes committed by the population of those countries where totalitarian, aggressive regimes reign? Paying much attention to propaganda, we forget that the driving force of any society, even a totalitarian one, is its population. Without its will, it is impossible to commit crimes on a planetary scale. Considering the history of the past, we can recall that the National Socialist German Workers' Party gradually increased its presence in Reichstag before the proclamation of Hitler as Fuhrer. In November 1932, the NSDAP won 33.1% of the votes in the democratic elections in the Weimar Republic. At that time, there was no total Goebbels propaganda, however the idea of a great Germany was present in the air. Propaganda is not the cause of the events, but only a tool for consolidating the population around a single leader. A population that actually wants to hear the ideas of propaganda, looks for the idealogy, feels united wit...

    Recently, a Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet published an article "US support for Ukraine may rapidly weaken" [1]. Unfortunately, since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, the international community has repeatedly seen how well-known organizations, political figures and experts spread Russian narratives and openly played into the hands of the Kremlin. But it is difficult to find almost all the myths of ruscist propaganda in one material. Openly or between the lines, the authors of the article want to convince us of the following: - the reason for the war is the expansion of NATO - diplomatic instruments to prevent war were not tried - it is necessary to talk with Putin in order to save the lives of Ukrainians - a nuclear state cannot lose in a conventional war - the future of Ukraine should be discussed without Ukraine itself - Ukraine cannot win on the battlefield, so there is no need to prolong the war. Let us remind once again that Ukraine and its people are fighti...

  Наслідки рашистської ракетної атаки на Часів Яр в Донецькій області Останні дні листопада відомі багатьом у сучасному суспільстві як період розпродажів. Так сталося і цього року: вулиці європейських міст були наповнені світлом і містянами, які бігли купити щось подешевше. Все нібито звично, як у старі добрі часи, але не для всіх… Українські люди та міста не мають доступу до такої розкоші як мирне життя чи електрики. Це результат масованих ракетних ударів, завданих російськими військами по цивільній інфраструктурі України в жовтні-листопаді 2022 року.   Лише за два тижні, з 15 по 23 листопада, російські терористи випустили 397 ракет і кілька сотень іранських безпілотників-камікадзе по українській інфраструктурі. Прямим наслідком атак стало знеструмлення всієї країни, через що люди кілька днів були змушені жити без світла, води та опалення, а температура в багатьох регіонах України опускалась нижче нуля.   росія погрожує продовжувати масовані ракетні атаки та безумовно бу...

  Aftermath of russian missile attack on Chasiv Yar, Donetsk region Last days of November are known to many in modern society as a period of sales. This happened this year as well: streets of European cities were filled with light and people who were running to buy something cheap. Everything seems usual, like in the good old days, but not for all… Ukrainian people and cities do not have the luxury of having a peaceful life and light. This is the result of massive missile attacks unleashed by invading russian force on civil Ukrainian infrastructure in October-November 2022.   Only in the period of two weeks, between November 15th and November 23rd, russian terroristic force launched 397 missiles and several hundred Iranian kamikaze drones targeting Ukrainian infrastructure. Direct consequence of the attacks was a blackout of the whole country where people for couple of days had to leave without electricity, water and heating with temperature dropping in many Ukrainian regions ...