Casting pension disputes and access to medicines as proof of robbing older people

What it claims

Pension disputes, defence spending and reports of risks to medicine supplies are cast as proof that the leadership deliberately robs older people. Decisions on payments following court-ordered recalculations are portrayed as evidence that the state refuses to meet its obligations to pensioners. References to strikes on pharmaceutical infrastructure are inflated into a claim that the authorities are indifferent to older people’s health.

Target audience

Examples (paraphrased)

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• The authorities funnel money to defence companies while depriving pensioners of pensions and medicines.

  Женщина с косой, 26 Oct 2026 · Archived copy

• Even winning in court does not guarantee that a pensioner will receive the money due, because the state deliberately delays payment.

  Женщина с косой, 25 Oct 2026 · Archived copy

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Goal

To weaken Ukrainian civilians’ trust, especially among older people and their families, in state institutions and the leadership by linking pensions and access to treatment to an image of a self-serving and indifferent government.

Techniques used

• Causal OversimplificationDefence spending is linked to unpaid pensions and the personal enrichment of officials.
• Exaggeration or MinimisationPayment problems and risks to medicine supplies are inflated into an image of authorities supposedly leaving older people without means of survival.

The real grievance it exploits

Older people and their families may feel acute anxiety about pension amounts, lengthy payment procedures, the cost of treatment and possible difficulties obtaining needed medicines during the war.

How to counter

• Technique exposure: Separate issues of court-ordered pension recalculations and access to medicines from the unsupported conclusion that all budget decisions are theft for officials’ benefit. Folding different problems into one scheme obscures their specific causes and possible remedies.
• Prebunk: Treat posts cautiously when they turn worries about pensions or medicines into personal corruption accusations without verifiable evidence. Emotional depictions of older people are often used to make such conclusions appear convincing.

Sources (all time)

• Женщина с косойTier 1110,287 subscribers
  3 posts · 24–26 Oct 2026

  • 26 Oct · Archived copy
  • 25 Oct · Archived copy
  • 24 Oct · t.me/skosoi/10556