Top-PsyOps of the Week (18.05. – 24.05.2026): how 'debts' were counted in Kharkiv and how 'Swan Lake' was played in Beijing

Cartoon by Olexandr Sydorenko.

A Kharkiv lawyer sits in Germany, counting potential fees for filling out German declarations for refugees and scrolling through his news feed. Suddenly, he grabs his head—panic in his eyes, the ghost of bankruptcy looms before him… — Oh my! They write that almost two million people have returned to Ukraine! That's definitely a fake... Where did they come from? Did they arrive en masse from India, or what? My clients can't just pack up and leave like that!