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blue-wave

(5,516 posts)
Wed May 13, 2026, 09:33 PM 21 hrs ago

Russia Reheats Old Propaganda Talking Points in New Wave of Anti-Ukraine Messaging

Source: Kyiv Post

Russian officials and state propaganda have doubled down on anti-Ukraine messaging in recent weeks, with some content dredging up old false narratives not used in years and discredited at home and abroad.

The Kremlin’s sometimes-obsessive May 9 celebration of Allied victory in the European theater during World War II, with President Vladimir Putin portrayed as Russia’s decisive, wartime leader, was the keystone of the campaign. Practically all state media broadcast his Red Square speech, directly linking Hitlerian Germany with democratic Ukraine.

NATO is directly responsible for the Russo-Ukraine War, Kyiv and its Western allies are evil enemies of Holy Russia, and since right is on Russia’s side, Russia’s adversaries will be defeated, Putin said.

Read more: https://www.kyivpost.com/post/76049



Russia is blaming Ukraine, the west, NATO and anyone else. They are victim-blaming again. They have also been stepping-up attempts to make it appear Russia is a normal country, when it is anything but. See this video:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100221237552

The kremlin must know they are losing. Russian propaganda has increased to divide and decrease Ukrainian support in countries such as Poland and others. Russia is becoming desperate.
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Russia Reheats Old Propaganda Talking Points in New Wave of Anti-Ukraine Messaging (Original Post) blue-wave 21 hrs ago OP
Putin is a major SOB on the world scene and I'm hoping he is gone soon along with several other SOBs... wcmagumba 21 hrs ago #1
His departure from the world stage cannot come soon enough blue-wave 20 hrs ago #2
Putin is desperate and running out of time. CanonRay 20 hrs ago #3

wcmagumba

(6,603 posts)
1. Putin is a major SOB on the world scene and I'm hoping he is gone soon along with several other SOBs...
Wed May 13, 2026, 09:37 PM
21 hrs ago

CanonRay

(16,248 posts)
3. Putin is desperate and running out of time.
Wed May 13, 2026, 10:23 PM
20 hrs ago

So out come the nuke threats and revealing fantastic new weapons.

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