title: HUMOR AS A SURVIVAL STRATEGY IN THE CONDITIONS OF SOCIOCULTURAL TRAUMA OF THE RUSSIAN INVASION TO UKRAINE
abstract: <strong>Abstract</strong>: <em>The full-scale invasion of Russia in February 2022 threw the citizens of Ukraine into a state of shock, causing a social collapse that, according to the Kremlin’s idea, should have led to the capitulation of state power and the end of Ukraine's resistance. However, the citizens of Ukraine mobilized, and already 15 months have been giving a worthy rebuff to the enemy. As a paradox, the ability of Ukrainians to reflect on tragic events comically helped in this opposi