Not every hype-chaser who opened a map has automatically become a military analyst
While the ruscists launch missiles at our cities, some Ukrainian hype-chasing experts help them launch panic, forgetting that their fantasies about “future targets” work for Russian terror.
This was written by Ivan Arefiev specifically for the Prompolitinform portal.
Today, the information space very much resembles a market of forecasts: one already “knows for sure” which bridge will be hit, the second has designated energy as a target, the third has buried the water supply, and the fourth has drawn the route of a Russian missile without getting off the couch.
I will say it straight: a person who truly possesses information about the preparation of a strike does not spread it in social media for likes. And someone who guesses a new target every day is neither a scout nor a prophet. This is an ordinary merchant of fear.
Russians have maps, satellites, intelligence agents, reconnaissance drones, and their own list of facilities. But they also carefully study our reaction. They read comments, count panic posts, and look at which topic made people panic en masse. This is how they determine not only the military or economic value of an object, but also the psychological price of a possible strike.
This is exactly what the enemy is trying to achieve right now — not just to destroy a building, but to plant anxiety in every head.
Reports of reconnaissance activity by Russian UAVs in western Ukraine and the launch of jet drones during the day must be taken seriously. But seriousness is not hysteria.
Hear the alert — react. See an unknown drone — report it to the relevant services, rather than broadcasting live. Do not publish air defense operations, strike locations, and military movements. And do not help Kremlin terrorists measure the level of our fear.
Air raid alerts are announced by warning systems. Panic is announced by hype-chasing experts. Do not confuse these two signals.
The enemy can launch a missile. But we are the ones pressing the “share panic” button ourselves.
Do not press it.
Author: Ivan Arefiev
Illustrative photo: Al Jazeera English / CC BY-SA 2.0
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