The “Do No Harm” Principle Against Russian Propaganda Trap

Probably more than once we will have to remind everyone that the enemy wages the harshest information war against Ukraine. This war uses every tool it can, but this time we manage to strike back with counterattacks that bring real results. After all, this is no longer 2014. We have learned a lot, and our partners have learned too. Still, everyone must pay close attention to what we say and write about the war in order not to fall into the Russian Propaganda Trap.

In this case, one must stay careful and reasonable. Otherwise, you may unintentionally become a link in the enemy’s propaganda chain. When unclear information appears, which could harm us, our partners, or our relations with them, it is better to stay silent. Wait and watch the situation develop. Often, after a few steps, the picture clears up. Then you may need to take your words back — or at least learn the lesson and bite your tongue next time.

MiG-29 example:

This is exactly what happened with the topic of transferring MiG-29 fighter jets by our Western partners. Just think of all the things we read and how much the enemy inflated the story. Many people splashed around in that pool of speculation. And here is the official statement from the Republic of Poland:

The authorities of the Republic of Poland, after consultations between the President and the Government, are ready to immediately and free of charge deploy all their MiG-29 aircraft to the Ramstein Air Base and place them at the disposal of the Government of the United States of America.
At the same time, Poland asks the United States to provide us with used aircraft with appropriate operational capabilities. Poland is ready to immediately set the terms for the purchase of these aircraft.
The Polish Government also asks other NATO allies who own MiG-29s to act in the same spirit.

You can read this statement in the original on the official website. But here is what we must understand. The way our military tears the enemy apart, no one else can. No army in the world today can eliminate Russian troops with such efficiency. If NATO deployed its ground forces, they would not achieve the same success. Today, our army is the most effective and combat-ready in the world.

Conveyor belt of death for Russian pidars

And when our partners give us modern weapons, this efficiency turns into an unstoppable conveyor belt of death for Russian pidars*. No one else fights the way we fight. That is why we are gradually given more advanced weapons—with the confidence that we will use them far better than Western armies themselves.

For example, American experts already admitted that the use of Javelins by Ukrainian soldiers shows higher effectiveness than among US troops in Iraq. This means our army does not need foreign boots on the ground. We only need logistics, and the Russian army will end up in the trash heap of history. By the way, the Russian pidars understand this more clearly every day. To keep their collapsing groupings alive, the orcs may have to introduce blocking detachments or something similar.

So our task is simple: be very careful with what we say and write. Follow the principle — “do no harm,” and avoid giving ground to the Russian Propaganda Trap.

That is how we win.

* Pidar (pronounced “pidar”) – a common Ukrainian derogatory word for Russian soldiers, roughly meaning dirty scumbag