PSYOPS IN THE RUSSO-UKRAINIAN (aka NATO) WAR

The recent loud declarations of Russian breaches of Plich, Estonian and Romanian airspeace are almost certainly orchestrated by NATO to raise the temperature around the war because it is being lost. The USA is happy to sell weapons to 'Europe' but will not commit itself to 'kinetic engagement'.

We can expect a lot more 'false flags'. They are part of wider warfare. Russia is accused all the time of conducting such operations - but all sides do it. It is part of 'Information Warfare'. 


'The human mind is increasingly viewed as a battleground. As technology advances and information becomes overwhelming, personal cognitive skills struggle to formulate an informed opinion. This situation in Ukraine has paved the way for a novel idea of cognitive warfare, a term that has, over the years, gained traction in military language and that has existed within NATO since 2020/2021 before being incorporated into NATO doctrines, which were inspired by the Alliance 2024 Cognitive Warfare Concept. Cognitive assaults aim to leverage information to trigger subconscious processes in people’s minds, hindering their conscious awareness of a cognitive threat. These synchronised and coordinated attacks on emotions, thoughts, and behaviors affect willpower, morale, decision-making, and situational awareness.

Cognitive Warfare encompasses all facets of information warfare and exists at the crossroads of two previously distinct operational domains: PSYOPS and influence operations (soft power) on one side, and cyber operations (cyber defence) aimed at undermining or obliterating physical information assets on the other. This form of warfare can target anyone’s thought processes, their mental frameworks, how they perceive the world, and how they formulate their conceptual understanding. The desired outcomes include shifting worldviews, which in turn influence the target(s) sense of security, certainties, competitiveness, and overall prosperity.  Is it too far-fetched to believe that citizens of Europe are being targeted not by Russia, but by the very forces that seek to prolong the conflict until the last Ukrainian, to further their financial and political interests?




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