On the positive side: Ukraine is managing to pull through its desperately needed post-Soviet anti-corruption reforms. It’s a slow and infuriating process but it’s underway, and what a miracle that it’s finally happening. Ukraine is actually starting to produce and export things, which is huge.
The propaganda war with Russia has pretty much been won by Ukraine. This goes to show that money cannot defeat sincere conviction. The army of Putin’s paid propagandists has been defeated by passionate volunteers.
Seeing that the propaganda war had been lost and the military invasion of Ukraine did not achieve its goals either, the Kremlin tried to change tack and started peddling the narrative of, “Our dearly beloved Ukrainian brothers and sisters! The evil Americans almost managed to break us up and destroy our historic brotherhood! But we still love you! And we forgive you! Let’s get over this minor disagreement and keep loving each other as we always did.”
First, this narrative was hinted at in some of Putin’s speeches, and then it started appearing massively in mainstream media and social networks. Yes, Russians really seemed to think this would work. Yes, they are really that clueless.
After Ukrainians suggested many inventive ways for Russians to stick their brotherly love deep into their anal cavities, there’s been a momentary lull in the propaganda wars.
Ukraine is trying to rebuild in many different directions right now. It’s hard because it’s a lot of work with very little immediate gratification. But there is progress. There are even interesting albeit timid developments in the art world, and that’s always a great sign.
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