Think of the farmer bringing the lambs to the slaughter: “We’re going on holiday,” she tells them.
The lambs excitedly chatter about plans for a dip in the sea. As they pass by the barrier troops who will shoot them if they try to retreat and they reach the zero line they realise they’ve been trolled.
From Ruschist Nazi leader Putin down to the lowly Ruschist Nazi squaddie: victims are always lied to. It puts the victim off guard. And arouses the perpetrator to trick 🪄their victims. “Look how we fooled those lambs,” they cackle with joy as they sweep away the corpses.
When Ruschists claim Ukraine is planning this or that crime that Ruschist Nazis are planning - say, blowing the dam or exploding Zaporozhzhia nuclear power plant, Ukrainians aren’t the lambs in this analogy. Ukrainians understand Russia’s mind tricks.