“To a surrounded enemy you must leave a way of escape. Show him there is a road to safety, and so create in his mind the idea that there is an alternative to death.”
The whole russian propaganda aparat is against this… fear works for their people, and it’s probably the only tactic they know.
If I’ve learned anything, it’s how incredibly adaptable Ukrainians are.
“To a surrounded enemy you must leave a way of escape. Show him there is a road to safety, and so create in his mind the idea that there is an alternative to death.”
The whole russian propaganda aparat is against this… fear works for their people, and it’s probably the only tactic they know.
“When you are weak, appear strong. When you are strong, appear weak.”
That’s one Russia seems to know. Or act upon simply out of ego.