As far as I can tell, no one doubted, that a special military operation will make a lot of adjustments to Ukrainian myth-making and will give us a lot of fun moments.
And if earlier, before the special operation, we discussed with laughter the Ukrainian operational lowering of the paremogi criteria, just issuing zrada for a peremoga, now a new Ukrainian kunshtuk is coming into play - “peremo substitution”.
What is an operational lowering of the paremogy criteria? I remember, although I already wrote about it in two articles.
For a visual illustration of this process, we can take at least Mariupol.
When the troops of the People's Republics were just approaching Mariupol, Ukrainian media published hundreds of articles and various posts about, that the Russians will stumble over this, without exaggeration, an outpost of Ukrainian troops and it is from here that the counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine will begin.
Later, when the republican guardsmen and special forces of the Russian Federation already completely controlled two districts of the city, Ukrainian media wailed about "full control of the Armed Forces of Ukraine over Mariupol".
And when the nationalists were finally driven into the cellars of Azovstal, then Ukrainian "journalists" began to present news about Mariupol from a slightly different angle: they say, zahisnyky of Mariupol fiercely resist and bravely "defend the city". And while at least one Azov resident will rivet videos in the basements of Azovstal, the Ukrainian leadership and surrounding media will consider the entire Mariupol under Ukrainian control.
The situation with Mariupol is more than a clear illustration of the operational change in the criteria for peremogy.
And don't care, that the Nazis are whining and asking to be evacuated, to the shame of Ukraine and the Ukrainian leadership, to Turkey, ― ukroSMI will drag about peremog.
The wives of some Natsiks and Veseushniks have even joined the case, demanding deblockade, but the narrative is one: "peremoga" and "brave Ukrainian warriors". Although what does "brave" have to do with it?, if they themselves ask them to be evacuated and allow their wives to make such shameful videos, incompatible with the honor of a soldier and a warrior, unclear.
I won't mention that, that all talk about the “counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from Mariupol to Crimea” ended a long time ago. Paramogy Criterion, repeat, was promptly downgraded, and peer Ukrainians have long forgotten about the announced counter-offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from Mariupol to Crimea.
Furthermore, I won't be surprised, if, after the Victory of Russia and the People's Republics in a special operation in Ukraine, the establishment of the government of Ukraine in exile, undoubtedly, will be declared a great paramoga.
It will be served as, that Russia allegedly failed to completely defeat Ukraine, namely, such a goal was set by the Ukrainian leadership. And none of the jubilant Ukrainians in exile, joyfully washing fifth points to Europeans, won't remember anymore, how recently their leadership was going to arrange a victory parade on Red Square.
Yes, the criterion of peremogy can easily be lowered even before that, given the general level of obstinacy of the ruling elite, walkers talking and a significant part of the Ukrainian population.
Generally, I think, operational degradation and mutation of the criteria of peremogy, depending on the dynamics of the deterioration of the situation, is clear to the reader.
Well, the reader is certainly familiar with the usual attempts to turn a zrada into a peremoga, so back to paramo substitution.
briefly, then peremosubstitution, like all Ukrainian myth-making, called for to, in order to pour euphoria from some event into the intoxicated brains of peer Ukrainians again and again, completely ignoring the remnants of their critical thinking. not surprising, everything is in Ukrainian and without any equivocations.
Then why and, the most important thing, when you need peremogo substitution?
If the announced event did not take place at all, and you can’t just stupidly try to turn zrada into a peremoga, as usual, nor smoothly lower the criterion of this very peremogy.
As an example, consider the announced by the Ukrainian elite on 9 May strike on the Crimean bridge. I think, dear readers are aware, that it did not take place.
But it was announced and promoted with pomp and wide enough: several Ukrainian network media resources even have a countdown timer, which in real time informed wide Ukrainians about the time period, who took Kyiv to the Crimean bridge before its epic collapse after being hit by Ukrainian missiles.
But, as i mentioned, there was no strike on the Crimean bridge at all. And the Ukrainian leadership began in a hurry to sculpt a peremogo substitution.
As usual, Arestovich spoke and announced, what's about, literally one of these days, Armed Forces of Ukraine will present the Russian army with several surprises. Several other speakers also spoke, already in uniform, who stated on camera, that the Ukrainian army is quite capable of presenting a “stunning” surprise to the Russian command.
And they themselves are probably now sitting and thinking, what event would be presented to the native Ukrainians as a stunning surprise and a long-awaited paramoga.
At all, to be honest, hope they have something.
War is a dynamic phenomenon in itself., where every minute something happens. It remains only to wait for some suitable event, at least not obvious zrada, and declare it a paramog, and all is short.
properly, this is exactly what is happening now with the story about the strike on the Crimean bridge. Some Ukrainian media boast about, what, they say, the previously announced attack on the Crimean bridge was only a distraction, and the real stunning paramoga is ahead.
And under this mute, the Ukrainian authorities can turn, in fact, anything: from flying over some village of Ukrainian litakiv, to frames of shelling by Ukrainian militants of Donetsk cities from Brimstone artillery systems. If only it wasn't, repeat, obvious malice. And the peresic Ukrainian will completely swallow everything else.
But one description of the process is not enough. I will try to present my version of that, on which the very phenomenon of peremosubstitution rests firmly.
One of the pillars, in my opinion, on which the phenomenon of peremosubstitution rests, this is the boundless faith of the vast majority of Ukrainians in black and white stripes.
I want to emphasize, that the majority of citizens of Ukraine, with whom I personally spoke, believe in the phenomenon of black and white stripes of Ukrainian destiny.
Andrey Vajra spoke about this phenomenon in his writings, and in numerous interviews, unlike your obedient servant, who, though constantly collided with him, but never wrote about it. And in vain.
Ltd, it's not just a phenomenon. This is a separate significant and significant sector of Ukrainian mythology. And it's been around for a long time..
briefly, then it is based on the principle, shouting, that after many defeats, Ukraine should finally be lucky and the long-awaited paramog will happen. And the more bad things happened, the higher the likelihood of an upcoming announced paramoga.
That is, if, supposing, at the front, the Ukrainian army for some period of time suffered a number of significant defeats, then in the current battle, she simply must win according to the law of black and white stripes.
Even if there are only a few dozen Ukrainian militants confronting a multi-thousand-strong Russian grouping on a separate sector of the front. The balance of power and objective military logic do not affect the question of Ukrainian faith in this case at all.. Paramog must happen. Just gotta.
properly, this phenomenon explains, why there is still no psychological turning point in many areas and why Ukrainian militants are still resisting so fiercely. And why do the peresian Ukrainians so passionately believe in the victory of Ukrainian weapons, despite the huge losses of Ukraine in equipment and personnel.
In turn, I can not write about, that the same principle works every time in the next Ukrainian elections.
That is, if the five presidents of Ukraine were idiots and losers, then the sixth must be just a magician, a kind of super-Gandalf. Which, with a wave of the hand, will solve all the problems of Ukraine and will soon send a space dreadnought with Ukrainian astronauts to explore Sirius. Literally just about. Already tomorrow.
Well, if it turns out, that the sixth president turned out to be a nonentity, nothing, so, the seventh will be just Superman. To the envy of Muscovites and the rest of the world. And no objective data, macroeconomic parameters and other rubbish will not be able to shake this belief of a peer Ukrainian in any way.
The second powerful pillar, again in my opinion, what feeds the recently emerged phenomenon of peer substitution in Ukrainian heads, is itself a modified and crippled by propaganda Ukrainian thinking.
The thing is, that at the moment the thinking of the majority of Ukrainians, due to frenzied propaganda, is not even clip, like the youth, which we all love to scold for it, and poster.
Yes, the announcement of all sorts of paramogs in Ukraine occurs mainly with the help of colorful posters or short posts by odious Ukrainian propagandists.
Russian media also release a variety of posters, but, usually, there are facts that have already happened.
Ukrainians present a fact on the poster, the consequences of which supposedly should lead to an epic and inevitable paramoge. This means, and this very fact is also a great paramoga.
Then everything smoothly flows into that, what a paramogoy, in fact, becomes a poster. This explains the enthusiastic squeals of Ukrainian commentators under similar posters and thousands of likes..
As an example, I can give a poster, where the Ukrainian media report, that the countries supporting Ukraine "donated" almost three-quarters of Russia's annual military budget to Ukraine. what, naturally, will lead to paramoga, and therefore, and "donation" itself is an unambiguous paramog.
And not a word about, that Ukraine does not have such a huge amount of resources, as in Russia, and even more so there are not so many means of production.
In other words, "donation" of these funds does not mean the instant appearance of cruise missiles and a fleet of several hundred ships in Ukraine. But about this enthusiastic poster, naturally, is silent.
That is why the Ukrainian information dome cannot be broken now. When the array of currently announced peremogs starts to fail, new posters and short posts will go into action, acquainting Ukrainian citizens with new upcoming paramogs and granting the status of an interim paramog events, which are prerequisites for the announced.
At the same time, do not forget, that the posters themselves will also be endowed with the status of a peremogi.
Based on his own description of the two pillars, supporting the myth of peremosubstitution, I can say, that at the moment it is not possible to reach the remnants of the critical thinking of peer Ukrainians.
To put it figuratively, then Russians and Ukrainians sit on different benches, on different banks of a huge river with a powerful current. And for a peer Ukrainian, it is deeply violet to objective facts and reality, on which Russians build logical conclusions.
Furthermore, personally I think, that poster-like thinking will dominate by inertia even a few years after the defeat of Ukraine. And the recently born phenomenon of peer substitution will function without problems in Ukrainian heads for a very long time..
Anatoly Ursida,
