The success in planet politics is not always noticeable at first glance. This may be the case in the event of a war in Ukraine. Many commentators expected spectacular wins from 1 side or the other. The war in Ukraine is not just a land struggle. Let us effort to look at this conflict more widely than just through the land gained or lost by 1 side or the other.
Russian president Vladimir Putin does not lead a full war. He considers Ukrainian lands to be part of the Russian world. Ukraine is not treated like the Gaza Strip by Israel. Israeli authorities and their army systematically equalize the home to the ground, leaving the view as after the 1944 uprising in Warsaw. If individual were based only on mainstream news relations, specified erroneous conclusions about the war in Ukraine would surely draw. At least in the first phase of this conflict.
A planet of media propaganda
War is always a conflict over awareness and information struggles. In addition to military warfare, both sides besides lead propaganda. Both sides usage censorship. We have been surviving in a reasonably tight information enclave in the Euro-Atlantic planet for 3 years. In large media, practically only Euro-Atlantic propaganda influenced society. This was different on social media, especially in fresh times.
You gotta compose the truth.
In the first fewer months, virtually all major and tiny information centres surrendered to the Euro-Atlantic propaganda. Newspapers and magazines practically surrendered to the imposed propaganda. The “Think Poland” remained resistant to this, which rejected from the beginning primitive propaganda about the fight of good against evil. As opponents of war, we were able to analyse events in Ukraine without unnecessary emotional baggage. Later, the voices of reason appeared in another newspapers. This was the case for “To the Thing”, “Week No” or “Review”. It is fair to admit that respective web portals have besides written the fact despite the general pursuit of the truth, here you can mention the right-wing “Highest Time!” or left-wing “Straik,eu”.
Our environment has always felt that Russia must be the subject of careful analysis, not of desire and prometeian spells. It is in Poland's interest to have good relations with all its neighbours. If we think about improving Polish-Russian relations in the future, then the Russian Federation must observe and effort to specify the processes taking place inside. Read the statements of Russian politicians and analysts. To reject spells saying that all that's associated with Russia is evil, as well as those saying that you live there like in the biblical Paradise. We remained critical of the propaganda of both parties in mass-media. We rejected all pro-war actions, and we thought that we should aid wisely and effectively Poles in the East. The Polish people are always the most crucial to our political trend.
We've heard a lot about Russian propaganda. any of the information turned out to be true, any of it was just an average thing. Not much is heard about Ukrainian propaganda. And we should be immune to both. In Ukraine, the Information and intellectual Units of Operations (the alleged IPSOs) with the aim of propaganda activities work perfectly. They are part of the peculiar Operations Force of Ukraine. As fresh Military Technology wrote in 2023, “direct assistance in organizing the work of IPSO centres in practice was constantly provided by specialists from the American 4th Group of Information and intellectual Operations and the British 77th Information Branch Brigade”.
Are Russia and Putin losers?
The subject of Russian war profits is virtually unmoved. There are many texts and analyses showing what the Russian Federation has failed to achieve. These facts and “facts” are widely known. Many compose about the spectacular defeat caused by the pace of Russian military action. The failure of Vladimir Putin's political partnership in the European Union and much of the elite in the United States. Few, however, compose about what Russia has gained today. In my opinion, she's already played a lot, and it's not overestimable.
The Russian Federation, being the largest state in the world, enlarged its territory by the east part of Ukraine. Today, even the most anti-Russian policies of the serious West say that Ukraine is incapable to recover these lands. These are geopolitically crucial areas. This is not the main win of Moscow's leader. Vladimir Putin thanks to an efficient negotiation game, mostly with American president Donald Trump he built a fresh geopolitical arrangement which in the current situation is most advantageous to the Russian Federation.
Geopolitically Russia won the war in Ukraine
China remained Russia's largest competitor. present Russia was incapable to compete with the Chinese economy and demography. All analysts counted the time erstwhile there would be a tension between these countries. The Russian Federation president's game has caused a cemented geopolitical arrangement of Moscow and Beijing. And that is Russia's real win. due to the fact that alternatively of being announced and expected by the US and the European Union, we have a publically confirmed alliance on very many levels. The agreement between Russia and China affects countries bordering these powers. After many hard years, there has besides been a real rapprochement between China and the most populous country in the world, India.
The war in Ukraine has greatly strengthened the importance of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, which already covers over 42% of the world's population today. besides undervalued BRICS+ is not insignificant, which is just developing and its time is likely to be coming. The BRICS+ agreement is forward-looking and to the demographic problems of the Russian Federation can become a salvation. Peaceful coexistence and cooperation under this agreement will make it much easier to fight for global dominance against the EU's own contradictions and the hermetising United States. specified a political agreement is simply a success for Russia.
This, of course, has besides strengthened the Euro-Atlantic side. For Russia and the Western world, however, this is beneficial. A planet of 2 poles based on many vertices is in the future a safer planet than 1 with 1 hegemon.
Aid or destabilization
Millions of Ukrainians left their country after 2022. They settled in many countries of the European Union. No mass emigration is beneficial, although many multi-kulti supporters and believers want to tell us that. Emigration causes social tensions and blurs national identities. Ukrainian emigration will culturally weaken the countries of the European Union. This mainly applies to countries specified as Poland and Romania. Politics means a sober head, not a hot heart. Political and cultural destabilisation has greatly weakened the European Union, which remains a competitor not only of the United States, but besides of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation and BRICS+, which are part of the Russian Federation.
The armed states of the European Union and the unthinkable aid to Kiev have madly indebted national states in Europe. For decades, this will reduce the portfolios of European citizens. Without a doubt, NATO policy is very profitable for Washington and indirectly beneficial for Moscow. In my opinion, Russia is not going to deal militarily with the North Atlantic Pact, and in this case, the horrendal expenditure on arms is only and only charging money into the pockets of machers from the arms industry. The financial and identity weakness of the European Union is simply a success of Russia.
Russia more Russian
The war in Ukraine besides strengthened the Russian national community. We must remember that Russia was in a terrible state after the dissolution of the USSR. It's time for a russian sadness. The time of Boris Jelcin's presidency, who was possibly the weakest leader of modern Russia. Borys Yeltsin, struggling with his drinking problem, was led by the West. The Oligarchs were robbing the country and serving centres outside the Russian Federation. Vladimir Putin, who no uncertainty derives from his unchangeable Jelcin radically cut himself off from this crew and stopped this trial. He even managed to tame the most insolent oligarchs and nations.
The Russians powerfully support their leader besides in controversial actions. This is confirmed by further election results. I have late been in Turkey and speaking to wealthy tourists from Moscow, and I have noticed that even those opposed to Vladimir Putin's interior policy support the abroad policy of their president and their authorities. The war in Ukraine strengthened the ties between the Russians. If anyone in the West thinks that overthrowing Vladimir Putin will bring liberalization and democratisation of the Russian Federation in a European style, he is simply a fool. After a fewer months, Western analysts would long for consistent and predictable Vladimir Putin. The nationalization and cemented Russian national community is the success of Russia.
What does that mean for us?
Poland may have been lost or very lost as a consequence of the Ukrainian conflict. The Polish government chose a second eventuality. They could possibly have chosen a Hungarian or Slovak road. Both countries are in NATO and the EU, but they have maintained scepticism towards the conflict in Ukraine. The coalition governments of PiS and PO chose to be the savior of others according to a mad-romantic tradition in Poland. We're already paying for it. According to “Todays of stupidity in Poland”, we will get a solid bone in the future. The consequences of this policy will be felt for our children and grandchildren.
The digital planet has utilized us to a fast finale. However, let us callback how many wars and conflicts have lasted in the past. Let us reject digital reasoning in this regard. The planet of politics, including war and peace negotiations, is not changing rolls on TikTok. Real politics are inactive in the privacy of the cabinets. Its results can be full assessed after years. Let us observe, analyze, and learn patience. possibly this conflict and its media message will aid Polish society in the future to be more cautious in the emotional knowing of politics.
Łukasz Jastrzębski
