'Liquidation of the threat' Russian Ministry of Defence poster
Poster from the Russian Ministry of Defence: a Su-35 fighter seen from above against a large letter V, over the words 'Liquidation of the threat'. The tell is the noun phrase. 'Liquidation' and 'threat' stand in for air strikes and for whoever or whatever is struck, so the poster names no target, no act and no casualty.
- Date
- 2022
- Period
- Contemporary
- Made by
- Russian Ministry of Defence (z.mil.ru 'special military operation' posters section)
- Country
- Russia
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- Military
- Regime
- Putin Government
- Leader
- Vladimir Putin
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Persuade or win support
- Theme
- War and the military
- Techniques
- Euphemism / doublespeak
- Leader
- Vladimir Putin
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons (Russian Ministry of Defence, z.mil.ru), retrieved October 2, 2026
- Rights
- CC BY 4.0 (mil.ru terms of use, via Commons)
Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation (mil.ru), CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Text on the object
ЛИКВИДАЦИЯ УГРОЗЫ
LIQUIDATION OF THE THREAT
Large white text at the foot of the poster; the V behind the aircraft is a graphic letter. The aircraft carries small hull and tail markings that are part of the photograph, not message text.
