Just that. Someone uploaded this photo of Zelensky allegedly taking a selfie in Kupiansk, which is supposed to be a city already taken by Russian forces. I am not really informed of the situation in Kupiansk, but this is not the issue for me.
In the Politics subreddit, where this was published, the comments are overwhelmingly pro Ukraine, which, well, checks out. But what I find kind of trollish, are the comments surrounding Zelenksy. It’s like reading the five-star comments of the Google Play Services app in the Play Store, or something. They repeatedly talk about how big and glorious are Zelensky’s balls? Praising his balls, even though, he is a smaller guy? They praise the bold actions of Zelensky calling him a European hero, imagining his heroic dialogues as in some cheap hollywood movie, etc. To me, it just feels utterly fake? I mean, AI fake.
What do you make of this, guys? Please, remember, it’s not about the conflict itself.
I don’t doubt a lot of the hype around Zelenskyy specifically is some psyop.
That being said, Ukraine is objectively the victim of Russian aggression and facing a genocidal war of aggression from Russia.
I see supporting Ukraine as the most pro-democracy, pro-proletariat position.
Russia is a fascist oligarchy sending immigrants and kidnapped folks (like those from India) to go commit atrocities and die for Putin’s imperial ambitions.
As a Mexican, I just can’t see a prodemocratic side on this, neither an anti-imperialist one. Ukraine chose a side and tried to exercise its sovereignty measuring the forces around itself, but all I saw was NATO, the CIA, with a collaborationist government destabilization op, a textbook one by the American empire. We’d never do that to them, it is not fair, but the gigantic power of our neighbor is real. Here, a prospect of president like Zelensky, talking about taking California back with the military aid of BRICS (it’s hypothetical, I know they are not a military organization), would be treated like the looney they are.
Other than this, the claim of a genocidal war you mention, seem unsubstantiated, but, as I pointed out, the conflict itself is not the focus of this post.