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Soldiers during a “stress control” session.
It’s better to just not do this at all, and tell soldiers to “man up.”
There’s a whole history showing that doing psychological work on your soldiers has a very negative affect on morale and fighting ability generally.
This is just stupid, self-injuring poison, which is the defining variable of Ukrainian thought.
Psychotherapist Oleh Hukovskyi stands beside a white board in a makeshift classroom in eastern Ukraine and addresses a group of soldiers attending a session on how to cope with the stress of war.
The former psychiatrist joined the armed forces about six months after Russia launched a full-scale invasion in February 2022, and now runs a psychological support group attached to the 67th Separate Mechanised Brigade in the direction of the ruined town of Lyman.
The classes cover basic psychological theory and coping techniques including breathing exercises. While the dozen soldiers attending are responsive to questions and suggestions, Hukovskyi is aware he can only do so much in the time provided.
Oleh Hukovskyi addressing a group of soldiers.
“They have obligations and have to return to the frontline,” he said of the troops, some of whom are being treated for light wounds and battle stress at a medical aid centre whose location the Ukrainian military requested not be disclosed.
“Any intervention we are making is to stabilize them to some degree and that’s all,” the 41-year-old told Reuters. “So it’s not for full recovery from any kind of symptoms. It’s not possible in the conditions we work under.”
While many soldiers who seek psychological support return to battle after short breaks, some more serious cases are sent for further treatment at rehabilitation points away from the front.
Hukovskyi is one of hundreds of professionals and volunteers across Ukraine treating soldiers for mental health problems, a growing challenge for an army experiencing exhaustion as it seeks to hold a much larger enemy at bay.
Many of those fighting joined as volunteers, meaning they had little, if any, preparation for sometimes fierce combat under artillery, mortar and drone fire.
“Ukraine has an army of mobilised citizens who just yesterday were teachers, artists, poets, IT specialists, or workers,” said Dana Vynohradova, deputy brigade commander for moral and psychological support.
“We don’t have the capacity to conduct comprehensive psychological training for military specialists.”
Dana Vynohradova, left.
The Ukrainian military has tried to recruit more people for the “first line” of response – psychological support.
Ukraine’s armed forces declined to answer questions on the scale of the recruitment drive and how many soldiers had been treated for psychological conditions since the start of the invasion. Such details are often treated as military secrets.
The Ukrainian state is on the verge of collapse.
Titanic deckchairs and so on.
Destroy the Titanic by bashing it with deckchairs, or whatever.
They’re doing art sessions to combat stress.
