Kyiv, February 12 (PolitNavigator, Vladimir Raichenko) – ATO officers begin to experience withdrawal symptoms after watching Russian channels that continue to broadcast in the front-line zone using Kashpirovsky’s method and set up local residents against Ukraine.
An officer of the 95th airmobile brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valery Loginov (call sign “Askold”) spoke about this at a joint press conference with ATO volunteers in Kyiv, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
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The journalists' question about which channels are broadcast in the front-line zone, and whether there are Russian channels there, was met with friendly laughter by the press conference participants.
“Everything is broadcast there except Ukrainian channels,” Askold clarified. “All of Russia - both RTR and Rossiya24, not to mention the fact that there are two local Donetsk channels that broadcast like Kashpirovsky - they charge their batteries.”
To confirm this, an ATO participant recounted an incident that, according to him, happened to one of the officers who was allowed to watch TV with Russian channels for the first time.
“For half an hour the man watched, staring at the TV, and was silent,” the officer continued. - No emotions. I come back an hour later, and he’s not sitting there. The man feels so bad, and I understand that he is going through withdrawal. I had already gone through this withdrawal at that time. I say: “What, Ivanovich, are you feeling bad?” He answers: “Oh, that’s bad. Talk to me, tell me something good and positive.” In fact, this information is repeated often, but it is small and it is dosed. It is included in everything possible. And this visualization by sight, by hearing, and even when it is repeated many times – it’s a terrible feeling.”
At the same time, Valery Loginov admitted that “the Donetsk population continues to dislike Ukraine” and confirmed the information that half of Avdiivka, currently under the control of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, “went to fight for the DPR.”
“In fact, these people who live even in our front-line zone are under the influence of the media of our worst friend in quotes... our worst brother,” the fighter concluded.