Russians very worried about Ukraine war. Their second major concern is…

Over the beyond 12 months the quantity of tension expressed on Russian social media has extra than doubled, because of the Ukraine war, a brand new look at stated. The look at turned into carried out through the Public Relations Development Company (PRDC), a Russian communications organization based in 1995, as in line with Newsweek.

It confirmed that the wide variety of worrying feedback published on social media in Russia had multiplied through 119 percentage in comparison with 2021, and 273 percentage in comparison with 2020, the record stated. Russian released an all-out invasion of Ukraine on February 24 this 12 months.

The PRDC studies observed that the war, known as a “unique navy operation” through the Russia, is now the pinnacle social media challenge in 70 out of Russia’s eighty five regions, and is withinside the pinnacle 3 in eighty three of them. The second-largest challenge turned into inflation, which has surged throughout Russia.

“The important supply of tension amongst Russians withinside the outgoing 12 months turned into the unique [military] operation, in addition to associated topics: escalation of the battle with the West and opportunity of use of nuclear weapons, sabotage and feasible switch of hostilities to the territory of the ‘old’ oblasts of Russia, and partial mobilization,” the record stated. Meanwhile, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky stated Russia will try and make the the rest of 2022 “darkish and tough.”

“Russia has misplaced the whole lot feasible this 12 months. But [Putin] is making an attempt to make amends for his losses with the foxy of his propagandists following missile moves on our country, on our electricity sector. There are some days left on this 12 months. We need to be conscious that our enemy will try and make this time darkish and tough for us,” Volodymyr Zelensky stated

“I understand that the darkness will now no longer save you us from main the occupiers to their new defeats, however we need to be organized for any scenario,” Volodymyr Zelensky continued.