Irish Examiner View: Ingenuity to fight monster

Russia’s previously fabled ability to use its propaganda machine to deceive and disempower its enemies has been blunted by Ukrainians beating them at their own game

Russian President Vladimir Putin's efforts to overpower Ukraine have been met with efforts by Ukrainians to win the information war.

Even as the civilian death toll is mounting in the face of an unrelenting and vicious Russian assault on cities, towns and villages, Ukrainians and their supporters are using social media to bruise, belittle, and humiliate the invading forces.

Even though they are in a vice-grip of air and ground attacks, the Ukrainian people are still seeking to boost citizens’ spirits and sap invaders’ morale during the most internet-accessible war in history. A flood of real-time videos on social media has diminished the effects of the Kremlin’s mighty propaganda machine and rallied the world to Ukraine’s side as it fights to defend itself and its democracy from a murderous military monster.