“According to the Kremlin fantasists, these “mercenaries” are not only part of the Ukrainian army, but also plan to attack peaceful Russian citizens, disguising themselves in Russian military uniforms. Why not add…”, — write on: armyinform.com.ua
Read for: < 1 min. January 11, 2025, 6:20 am
Collage by Serhiy Polishchuk / ArmyInform Russian propaganda never ceases to amaze the world with its fictions, and this time their imagination has reached new heights. In another issue of “Kremlin fairy tales”, the Russian media stated that foreign mercenaries are helping the Armed Forces of Ukraine to carry out an operation in the Kursk region. As always, without evidence, but with a large portion of fiction. According to the Kremlin fantasists, these “mercenaries” are not only part of the Ukrainian army, but also plan to attack peaceful Russian citizens, disguising themselves in Russian military uniforms. Why not add flying saucers or at least crow spies? It would be no less plausible.
Where is the truth? This entire narrative is a common attempt by Russian propaganda to explain its failures in its own border zone.
The only real “threat” in the Kursk region is panic, which Moscow itself creates. Ukraine defends its territories and does not need to invent provocations or look for “mercenaries”.
Why the Kremlin? it is beneficial for Russian propaganda to paint the image of an “external enemy” that intimidates Russians and justifies the further militarization of society. Foreign mercenaries are a favorite topic that plays on people’s imaginations. After all, how else to explain that the Kremlin will lose the war to Ukraine?
Fantasy without limits This story about foreign mercenaries is yet another proof that propaganda in Russia works according to the principle: “It doesn’t matter if there is logic, the main thing is that it sounds scary.” Meanwhile, the world is just wondering how deep this morass of absurdity can be.
