More and more journalists in Ukraine are gearing up. However, they are not arming themselves with conventional weapons on the front lines, but with new methods and digital tools. Their goal: to expose Russian propaganda and reveal its mechanisms.

One of them is Iryna Avramenko, a journalist and lecturer at the University of Customs and Finance in Dnipropetrovsk. In her book Deconstructors of Truth, she shows how deeply Russian disinformation has penetrated public discourse – even through seemingly independent, liberal media.

In this interview, she reveals how Russian – even liberal opposition – media spread propaganda and why the war must be understood not only as a military conflict, but also as an imperial cultural struggle.