1/ I am writing this in actual shock. I should not be shocked but I am. Reached out to a girl I worked with in Russia to see if she was ok. Anyone that wants ANY insight into how the average Russian citizen is thinking, you HAVE TO READ these messages from her. Propaganda is the

2/ scariest form of war these days. I’m even sitting here asking myself if I’ve been fed propaganda regarding this war. I thankfully am able to critically think and challenge people’s words THANK GOD but this Russian has no ability to critically think
3/ it started out with a reach out to her via email from me bc I was genuinely curious how she felt about all this and wanted to see if she was ok
4/ and here’s the WhatsApp response from her. 🙀🤯🤯
5/ to give the WhatsApp messages context, I screen recorded this video and sent it to her

https://t.co/KGYCDM3491
6/ are people shocked by this complete brainwashing? How HOW HOW do you even remotely bring people back to reality? WOULD any of you say anything back? I’m floored. #GloryToUkraine #BRAINWASH
7/ I think my previous screen shots from WhatsApp got messed up but here they are

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