Let’s say out loud what everyone is ashamed of. The burning of military vehicles in our cities became our victory instead of an informational victory for the Russians. Yes, it may sound contradictory and cognitively dissonant to you now. How is it that our cars are burning now, and this is our victory?
I will note right away that there is not much good in this. Indeed, it is a shame and sadness on the one hand. On the other hand, it is no secret that there are 5-7% of ignorant marginals without conscience, convictions and intelligence in any society, in all age and gender categories. All intelligence works with these primates. Therefore, it is as it is. Suppose someone really thinks that in Russia, military commissars and relay cabinets were set on fire by some highly intelligent oppositionists at one time. In that case, you need to do something about returning to reality.
However, to the main point. Why is betrayal a victory?
From the very beginning, the Russians in the information field tried to present this as the action of disaffected citizens of Ukraine, who, following the call of their hearts, are fighting the “criminal Kyiv regime” in this way. Against the background of the uproar with the mobilisation, it initially looked quite logical. But… Mass arrests and exposure of networks by our SBU and National Police quickly put an end to this. Everyone saw and heard the “partisans” and their prices. Thanks to our special services, we now see it in large numbers every day.
And then the picture of the “partisan movement” crumbled. Because, apart from blah blah blah against the background of mother’s saboteurs caught for five hryvnias, the Russians have nothing to show. They still try to write about Kovpak’s “partisans” and all this delusion, but even their audience no longer believes. And there were no real partisans during the war years. Misfortune.
All this is aggravated by the fact that the Russians cannot mirror it. Sabotage continues in the occupied territories, committed by OUR people sincerely from the heart, not for money. Even the detained actual members of the resistance movement openly talk about hatred and struggle, not money.
And here, at this point, is our victory. We have partisans and underground, they have informational abomination and paid idiots. Once again, the Ukrainian reality of fortitude breaks the cheap Russian soul at the knee.
And this is definitely worth understanding for us right now, as we are at the point of greatest burnout and fatigue.
By Petro Andryushchenko
*These opinions are solely those of the author. The Ukrainian Review takes no position and is not responsible for the author’s words.
Petro Andryushchenko was an adviser to the mayor of Mariupol. After the Russian Federation started war in Ukraine in February 2022, he became the de facto “voice” of Mariupol.
On his Telegram channel, “Andryushchenko Time“, he tells the truth about the horrors of the occupation, the deportation of people by the Russian occupants and the “filtration” camps in Donbas.
