Filterlabs, an analytical company based in Massachusetts, studied how the public opinion changed in Russia in connection with events in Ukraine since the beginning of the war. Her analysis of posts in social media shows that while Ukrainian drone attacks on long -range aircraft were one of the most important topics of discussion in many regions, they were The most active where there are attacked airlines. Such a difference could be expected, but the relatively low activity of discussions in Moscow may indicate an attempt to underestimate the incident, notes Filterlabs.
Initially, the topic was practically silent in federal media. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs appealed not to believe that Ukraine has destroyed Russian atomic bombers. The Ministry of Defense called the “terrorist attack” surgeryand Vladimir Putin accused Ukraine of terrorism – but because of the almost simultaneous blowing up of railway bridges in the Bryan and Kurski districts.
Although social media users called “cobweb” as “Russian Pearl Harbor”, they considered a successful operation of the Ukraine Security Service not as a terrorist act, but The defeat of the Russian Security Services. Everyone, both supporters of the war and its opponents, agree with this, notes Filterlabs. The former called for more aggressive actions against Ukraine, but in general, this event did not stop the trend of a decline in support for the war that was observed before him.
What's more, the so -called Z-Bloggers also confirmed that the Kremlin is right, claiming that NATO wants a war against Russia with the hands of Ukraine, writes Filterlabs.
