People were just crying when they saw the Armed Forces of Ukraine after they liberated Sviatohirsk

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JaiC on September 19th, 2022 at 08:30 UTC »

Aight, kids, gonna teach you a little lesson about why Ukraine's propaganda is so effective. Zelensky and his PR team understand the rules. You don't lie when the truth will suffice. When you do lie, you make the lie obvious. And if you fiddle with the optics, that's fine. It's much the same as good comedy. You and the audience both understand it's not organic, but it is honest.

So yes, this was a photo op. But probably not a fake-moon-landing kind of photo op. It's probably a real civilian, with a real soldier, with a talented photographer. And they probably had a lot of photos to choose from. They chose the one that looked the best. Yeah, that's propaganda.

Whittling-and-Tea on September 19th, 2022 at 08:35 UTC »

"Goddamnit private, are you an American? Fix that helmet strap!"

My sergeant during basic.

ScuBityBup on September 19th, 2022 at 09:03 UTC »

Yes, this specifically is a photo op, a piece of propaganda, but it is Not a lie. Have you not seen the tens of videos of soldiers marching into villages and cities and being greeted by crying civilians?

You cannot compare this type of propaganda with what Russia is doing when they claim "Ukrainians are using black magic, and mutants made in American biolabs, and they are Nazis, and we can destroy all capitals of Europe in 300 seconds and make the world Russian".