Ukrainian Oppositionist Arestovych Explains How Kiev’s 'Dehumanization' of Russians Backfired

A general Ukrainian effort to “dehumanize” Russians has become the main “mistake” the country has made in the ongoing conflict, Oleksiy Arestovych, a former advisor to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in an interview yesterday with journalist Yulia Latynina. “The main thing we did was to allow ourselves to dehumanize the Russians. This is our main mistake. At first we held on and then we delved into all that with pleasure. The collective Ukrainians, I mean. We allowed that to pour into the internet,” Arestovych stated, adding that such behavior gave average mobilized Russians—not professional soldiers—"an excellent motivation to fight.” Arestovych’s remarks are another indicator that Ukraine’s heavily advertised offensive against the Russia forces has failed. Apart from that, his remarks also contrast diametrically with British military intelligence inventions frequently in mainstream media in Europe, proclaiming that the Russian army was falling apart in a collapse of combat morale. (https://www.rt.com/russia/581214-ukraine-dehumanizing-russians-backfired/)