Life under occupation in Ukraine between Russian propaganda and protest
Cancellation of credit payments and reduction in public service rates. These are some of the promises that Russia spread to the population of Ukraine that they managed to control militarily, where, despite the occupation and propaganda, protests against the invasion continued.
Olga Oksana, who is a teacher in Berdiansk, a coastal city in southern Ukraine located about 85 kilometers from Mariupol, and which is now under occupation by Russian troops, told EFE how Russian propaganda tools worked in the population after it reached military occupation.
According to Oksana, 50, radio has become the main channel of communication for Russians to spread propaganda, with all kinds of promises, “to convince people to be on their side.”
“It looks like an Orwellian drama. We don’t have a stable connection. Yesterday they occupied the radio and started trying to convince us to join them, to talk about the illegitimacy of our president or about the terrible saboteurs of the Azov Regiment,” said Oksana, who described the radio message as “typical” Russian propaganda.
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