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Articles | 23 February, 2025 at 18:43 | 517 | Author: Olena Zelenina, Oleksandr Sydorenko (cartoon)

Cartoon by Oleksandr Sydorenko.

“Ukrainian intelligence services are convinced that Russia's main goal is to lure all Ukrainian politicians into a quarrel with each other if the election campaign begins, and then resume the war with triple force when the government changes...”

This was written by the authoritative information and analytical publication Bloomberg

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-20/war-hardened-ukrainians-remain-defiant-in-face-of-trump-s-blows

citing an anonymous source in Kyiv.

But you and I don't need anonymous interlocutors: every Ukrainian who reads the news and social media can see for themselves how the flow of lies and manipulations is increasing, how the socio-political situation in the country is shaking.

And often, even experienced people find it difficult to separate truth from fake news, because people are wired that way - they want to hear what corresponds to their own ideas about politics, war and peace, even if they are far from these topics.

And a critical and cautious, distrustful attitude towards the authorities. How can you do without this in a democratic society?

Experienced technologists know this! This mixture of lies and distrust is the basis of so-called populism...