My war is your special operation: Engagement with pro- and anti-regime framing of the war in Ukraine on Russian social media
Year: 2022

On 24 February 2022, Russia launched a large-scale invasion of Ukraine which since then has been consistently referred to by the Russian authorities as a special operation and not war. The purpose of this specific framing of the Russian aggression can be attributed to multiple reasons, but among the main advantages it provides to the Kremlin is the emphasis of power inequality between Russia and Ukraine as well as minimizing the concerns of the Russian population about the impact of the war on t