title: RUSSIAN NARRATIVES OF THE WAR IN UKRAINE 2024
abstract: Th e main purpose of the article is to discover the role of media in creating and sharing Kremlin’s narratives as a tool of legitimisation of Russia’s war on Ukraine and manipulation of the minds of citizens. Th e paper is based on Discourse Analysis (DA) methodology. Th erefore, the paper starts with arguing whether a place for critical thinking in Russian mass media. Th en it identifi es and describes the key Kremlins’ offi cial narratives represented in the articles of Russian journalists on 
journal: Rocznik Centrum Studiów nad Ukrainą