Pro-Ukrainian Memes Against 2022 Russian Invasion A Cognitive Linguistics Perspective

In relation to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, memes and Internet jokes haveaspecial status. They work as stress-relievers, information vessels, or propa-ganda resistance. The effectiveness ameme relies on mingling verbal visualelements in such away that seemingly unrelated scenarios become relatable canbe interpreted agiven context. text aims at discussing cognitive mechanismsemployed chosen pro-Ukrainian against termsof their bimodal construal. An analysis agroup was conducted within thecognitive linguistics framework, with reference Conceptual Metaphor Theory,conceptual integration theory (Fauconnier & Turner, 2002), construal (Langacker,2008, 2019). creation triggers frameshifting convergence dif-ferent mental spaces, which results online meaning construction, where humorousincongruity derives directly from blending shows how (about tragedies) maybecome humorous, due frame substitution.