The Vostok 2022 maneuvers from the first day are a reflection of the problems of the Russian armed forces, engaged in aggression against Ukraine. Propaganda needs affect their taking place, but crucial weaknesses can be seen in terms of the number of forces participating in them. They besides reopen the debate on how much Russia's longstanding scare of maneuvers was something of a smooth war marketing alternatively than a viable building and investigating of the combat capabilities of the forces participating in them. Moreover, it was the successive propaganda major training undertakings, carried out in accordance with the previously prepared script assuming successes, that could contribute to the weakness of the commanding staff of all levels.