Casting war risks as the government’s deliberate destruction of business

What it claims

War-risk insurance and businesses damaged by Russian strikes are cast as evidence that the government deliberately neglects the economy. Ukraine is compared with an EU portrayed as directionless and declining to give the claim a broader backdrop. Business costs are inflated into the conclusion that the war matters more to the state than jobs and companies.

Target audience

Examples (paraphrased)

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• Europe is declining, and Ukraine is being led into that very space without development or prospects.

  ЗеРада, 26 Aug 2026

  t.me/ZeRada1/31982

• The government allows businesses to close under Russian strikes because unemployed people are easier to mobilize.

  ЗеРада, 27 Aug 2026 · Archived copy

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Goal

To deepen Ukrainian civilians’ distrust of government decisions on supporting business and link war risks to deliberate government policy.

Techniques used

• Causal OversimplificationInsurance costs and the consequences of Russian strikes are reduced to a deliberate government policy against Ukrainian business.
• Loaded LanguageThe government’s attitude towards entrepreneurs is labeled with the phrase that Zelenskyy “does not need Ukrainian business.”

The real grievance it exploits

Business owners and employees have legitimate concerns about insurance costs, protecting property and jobs, and being able to plan work during the war.

How to counter

• Reframe: It is important to distinguish wartime risks for companies from a claim that the government deliberately acts against business. High insurance costs or damage from strikes do not by themselves prove such an intent.
• Technique exposure: The manipulation substitutes the cause: the consequences of Russian strikes and wartime financial risks are attributed to a single political decision. This substitution turns a complex problem into an accusation that the government acted intentionally.

Sources (all time)

• ЗеРадаTier 1425,141 subscribers
  2 posts · 26–27 Aug 2026

  • 27 Aug · Archived copy
  • 26 Aug · t.me/ZeRada1/31982