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Unfortunately, the Russian Federation knows how to work with the information space. That is why any event — imagine a rocket that falls into the Kremlin — they will show it as a victory for Russia. They will claim that they’ve prevented the biggest catastrophe to mankind by having that rocket fall into the Kremlin, that this missile has actually demolished the building it was supposed to and has even helped them. It sounds like a joke, but indeed, Russian society is accepting of such stupidities.

— Kyrylo Budanov

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Unfortunately, the Russian Federation knows how to work with the information space. That is why any event — imagine a rocket that falls into the Kremlin — they will show it as a victory for Russia. They will claim that they’ve prevented the biggest catastrophe to mankind by having that rocket fall into the Kremlin, that this missile has actually demolished the building it was supposed to and has even helped them. It sounds like a joke, but indeed, Russian society is accepting of such stupidities." in the context of ""'We will keep killing Russians,' Ukraine's military intelligence chief vows" in Yahoo! News (May 6, 2023)" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

Source: Wikiquote: "Kyrylo Budanov" (Quotes) The 'What it means' explanation text was generated by Google Gemini Flash (accessed January 19, 2026). https://gemini.google.com/app
Kyrylo Budanov

About Kyrylo Budanov

Kyrylo Oleksiiovych Budanov (Ukrainian: Кирило Олексійович Буданов) (born 4 January 1986) is a Ukrainian military leader who has served as the chief of the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine since August 2020.