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In the bombed-out ruins of Bakhmut, where Russian artillery turned every building into rubble and every street into a killing field, Major General Vladyslav Klochkov discovered something that would reshape military psychology forever. "Traditional approaches said wait until after combat to treat trauma," he writes to me from Kyiv, his words carrying the weight of countless battles. "We said no. We'll stabilize minds in real-time, under fire, and return fighters to combat within hours."

As Chief of the General Directorate of Moral and Psychological Support for Ukraine's Armed Forces from 2021 to 2024, Klochkov didn't just witness the full-scale invasion. He architected the psychological infrastructure that allowed Ukrainian forces to withstand what should have been impossible odds. Where Russian doctrine assumed three days to victory, Ukrainian soldiers have held for nearly three years and counting, not through superior firepower but through what Klochkov calls "the systematic engineering of unbreakable spirit."

Klochkov represents a new breed of military leader: part warrior, part psychologist, part information architect. His journey from commanding the 93rd Mechanized Brigade "Kholodnyi Yar" (2015-2019) during the Anti-Terrorist Operation to leading the entire psychological support apparatus during Europe's largest war since 1945 traces an evolution in understanding warfare itself. His innovations, from peer-to-peer battlefield therapy to AI-powered morale assessment, are already being studied by NATO forces. But what makes his insights uniquely valuable is that they were forged not in academic theory but in the crucible of sustained industrial warfare, against an enemy that doesn't just seek territory but the complete erasure of Ukrainian existence.

When he describes North Korean-style indoctrination meeting Silicon Valley technology, when he explains how TikTok became a battlefield more important than some physical fronts, when he details neutralizing religious weaponization while preserving faith, Klochkov isn't theorizing. He's describing systems that saved lives, won battles, and may have prevented the collapse of European security architecture.

Klochkov's strategic vision extends beyond battlefield psychology. In his analytical work "2022: Resetting the World Order," he frames Ukraine's struggle within a fundamental civilizational shift. He traces humanity's evolution through distinct phases, from magic to mythology to science, and argues that we've entered a new era where technology becomes so deeply embedded in everyday life that it fundamentally alters the nature of warfare itself. This theoretical framework underpins his practical innovations: the psychological support systems he developed aren't just medical interventions but responses to a new form of conflict where digital and physical realities merge.

Drawing from your experience leading moral-psychological support during the full-scale invasion, what were the most critical innovations you implemented to maintain troop resilience under sustained combat stress?

"Based on my experience leading the moral-psychological support system in Ukraine's Armed Forces during the full-scale invasion, I can identify several key innovations that allowed us to maintain personnel resilience under prolonged combat stress," Klochkov begins, his tone methodical yet urgent.

He outlines the architecture of a revolution in military psychology: "We created a multifunctional system aimed at personnel support, specifically forming the core of the fighting spirit that includes moral, psychological, social, spiritual and cultural components."

This wasn't an incremental improvement. It was a wholesale reimagination. The system operates across strategic, operational, and tactical levels, each with dedicated forces, resources, and material-technical support for both primary functions and specialized tasks. The scale is unprecedented: Ukraine now has psychological support groups embedded in every military unit, mobile crisis intervention teams that can deploy within hours, and a digital infrastructure connecting frontline positions to psychological resources nationwide.

"First: Systematic integration of psychological support into combat operations on the battlefield," he explains. This means psychological assessment isn't an afterthought. It directly influences command decisions. "The psychological component provides operational analysis of personnel's moral-psychological state during the commander's decision-making process. Psychological evaluation influenced operation planning and resource distribution. We also ensure constant psychological accompaniment of forces during combat missions in active combat zones."

The shift from treatment to prevention marks a paradigm change. "We moved away from the 'wait until after battle' approach to crisis intervention on the spot: rapid, mobile psychological stabilization techniques that could return fighters to formation literally within hours." This adaptation of NATO protocols to Ukrainian conditions drew from lessons learned during the 2014-2022 Anti-Terrorist Operation in Donbas, where traditional Soviet-era approaches proved catastrophically inadequate. The new system included something revolutionary: "Implementation of a peer-to-peer system where everyone has psychological self-help skills and can provide first psychological aid on the battlefield."

The Battle of Bakhmut, lasting from August 2022 to May 2023, became the proving ground for these innovations. The battle, which Ukrainian officials compared to the World War I battles of Verdun and Passchendaele, saw casualty rates that would have broken conventional forces. Russian forces, primarily Wagner Group mercenaries and mobilized prisoners, launched human wave attacks reminiscent of World War I. Ukrainian forces held for months of continuous urban combat. Traditional psychological support would have collapsed within weeks. Instead, mobile groups of psychologists, chaplains, and medics deployed directly to unit locations after heavy fighting, providing immediate stabilization.

"We created mobile psychological aid and spiritual support groups, deploying combat stress control groups, psychological recovery and accompaniment groups in every military unit," Klochkov explains. "These mobile groups for augmenting psychological support forces consisted of psychologists, chaplains, medics who could be located directly at the unit's deployment site after heavy combat."

The digital revolution in military psychology proved equally important. "We introduced mobile apps and online platforms for screening military personnel status, remote consultations, and even self-regulation training programs: breathing practices, biofeedback," Klochkov notes. "This removed the stigmatization barrier to psychological help." These tools, developed in partnership with Ukrainian tech companies, allowed real-time monitoring of unit morale across the entire front, a capability no military had previously achieved at scale.

But perhaps the most radical shift was conceptual: "Traditional approaches concentrated on the individual fighter. We viewed the unit as a 'psychological organism.' The main emphasis was on mutual support, cohesion rituals, developing a culture of trust in the collective. We introduced psychological preparation as a separate discipline in the military training system."

The integration of spirituality with psychology proved crucial. "The important innovation was the synergy of psychologists and military chaplains. This allowed us to combine modern scientific approaches with spiritual practices that gave warriors inner meaning for the struggle and supported their morale." This addressed a critical gap: Soviet doctrine had eliminated religious support entirely, while Western models often kept psychological and spiritual support artificially separated. Ukraine's innovation was recognizing that soldiers needed both tools for resilience and meaning for sacrifice.

The system extends beyond active combat: "We deployed an evacuation system for the psychologically traumatized and created a psychological recovery system, as well as psychological recovery and reintegration for those who were in captivity." The POW reintegration program has processed thousands of returned prisoners, many showing signs of severe torture and requiring months of specialized treatment.

"Thus, the difference from traditional military psychological support lay in dynamics, mobility, technological sophistication, and holistic approach. We transitioned from passive post-trauma assistance to active prevention integrated directly into the combat command system and unit life."

How does psychological warfare in 2024 fundamentally differ from traditional propaganda? What makes Ukraine's approach unique?

"Psychological warfare in 2024 fundamentally differs from traditional propaganda in several aspects," Klochkov explains, his analytical precision evident. "If classical propaganda was built on mass communication and repetition of simple messages to influence broad population segments, modern psychological warfare is targeted, personalized, and integrated activity simultaneously encompassing information space, military operations, and social consciousness."

The transformation from broadcast to precision is profound: "Precision instead of mass distribution. Instead of streaming slogans, we use social media algorithms, big data, and artificial intelligence for targeted influence on specific groups—from civilians in frontline regions to enemy command. This allows forming different narratives for specific audiences."

Ukraine's approach emerged from necessity. In February 2022, Russia deployed what experts called the most sophisticated disinformation campaign in history, with coordinated messaging across traditional media, social platforms, and even gaming networks. They expected Ukrainian information space to collapse within 72 hours. Instead, Ukraine turned the information dimension into a strategic advantage.

"Ukraine made psychological operations an inseparable element of military campaigns. Parallel to artillery or drone strikes, information accompaniment is carried out that amplifies the demoralizing effect on the enemy. This is no longer 'accompanying propaganda' but a full component of operational art."

The commitment to truth over manipulation represents a strategic choice born from tactical reality. "Focus on demoralizing the enemy through truth, not just manipulation. If Soviet or Russian propaganda relied on fakes, Ukraine bet on operational, honest, and rapid delivery of facts. When truth is accompanied by proper presentation, it destroys the enemy's worldview much more powerfully than fabricated messages."

This approach proved devastatingly effective during the sinking of the Moskva cruiser in April 2022. While Russia claimed a fire caused by negligent smoking, Ukraine immediately released evidence of the Neptune missile strike. The truth, delivered faster than Russian denial mechanisms could respond, shattered the Black Sea Fleet's aura of invincibility and became a turning point in naval operations.

Ukraine created something unprecedented: a dual-direction psychological front. "Psychological support of our own forces as part of war. In 2024, Ukraine actually created a new type of 'psychological front': information campaigns were directed not only against the enemy but also at strengthening internal resilience—military and civilian. This is a unique balance between offensive and defensive psychological operations."

The cyber-psychological fusion multiplies effectiveness exponentially. "Combining cyber influence and psychological operations. Ukrainian practices in 2024 demonstrated that a cyberattack without psychological accompaniment is less effective. We applied them comprehensively: for example, paralyzing the enemy's information systems while simultaneously spreading messages that undermined trust in their own command."

"In other words, psychological warfare in 2024 stopped being a 'poster or slogan'—it became a weapon integrated into all levels of modern war," Klochkov concludes. But he emphasizes that defense remains as important as offense: "The main means of countering information influence on our forces remains briefing—commander's, combat, targeted, and analysis of conducted combat operations. The main method of information delivery is verbal. Also physical destruction of enemy information retransmission means. The information component works to support our forces while the psychological component influences the enemy to reduce their combat capabilities."

When facing an enemy driven by nihilistic imperialism that seeks not just victory but erasure of existence, what psychological methods prove most effective in maintaining fighting spirit?

"When we speak about Russian imperialism as nihilistic thinking aimed at destroying existence, we mean the enemy doesn't just wage war for territory. They deny the very right of Ukrainians to life and freedom," Klochkov's voice hardens. "This creates an extremely toxic psychological environment for our warriors: they face not a conventional 'opponent' but a machine that seeks complete extermination."

The evidence of genocidal intent emerged early and repeatedly. The Bucha massacre, discovered in April 2022 after Russian forces withdrew, revealed over 400 civilians executed, many with hands bound and shot at close range. Mass graves in Izyum contained 447 bodies, including entire families. In Mariupol, Russian forces deliberately bombed the Drama Theater despite giant letters spelling "CHILDREN" visible from the air, killing hundreds of civilians sheltering inside. These documented atrocities transformed abstract threats into visceral reality for Ukrainian forces.

Klochkov provides a deeper theoretical framework for understanding this brutality in "Resetting the World Order." He characterizes imperialism as driven by "a nihilistic (predatory) type of thinking, designed to devastate existence in one form or another: nature, time, human beings, culture, nation." He describes how Russia weaponizes everything from energy markets to religious institutions, creating what he terms a toxic mixture of ideologies—communism, national Bolshevism, Eurasianism, and pseudo-traditionalism—all "dominated by lies, half-truths and political myths" with one goal: "the formation of an imperial type of person." This analysis helps explain why Ukrainian psychological resistance required more than traditional military morale-building—it needed to counter an entire worldview built on destruction.

"Under such conditions, several psychological methods of resistance become critically important for the military," Klochkov explains, outlining a six-pillar approach developed through bitter experience:

"First: Meaning-making through values. We constantly emphasized: the fight isn't just for territory but for the existence of our families, language, culture. When a fighter understands he's protecting his children's lives and the country's future, his resilience increases many times over."

"Second: Collective identity and brotherhood. In the 93rd Brigade, we emphasized the power of 'combat brotherhood.' The feeling that you're not alone, that your brothers hold the front nearby and are ready to support, removes the feeling of powerlessness before the enemy's massive onslaught."

The 93rd Mechanized Brigade "Kholodnyi Yar," which Klochkov commanded from 2015-2019, became legendary for its resilience. During the Battle of Bakhmut, the brigade held positions for months against forces that significantly outnumbered them. They developed rituals unique to their unit: morning formations where they recited names of fallen comrades, evening gatherings where veterans shared stories of small victories, weekly ceremonies honoring acts of mutual aid.

"Third: Micro-victories as a counterweight to endless horror. In Bakhmut, we taught valuing even small successes—a repelled position, a saved brother's life, and destroying enemy equipment. This gave the feeling that the struggle had results, even when the global picture looked exhausting."

"Fourth: Psychological mobility. We applied methods of rapid state stabilization: breathing techniques, short exercises to restore body control, rotations to 'quieter' front sections. This allowed warriors to restore internal resources directly in the combat zone."

"Fifth: Synergy of psychological and spiritual support. Combining psychologists' and chaplains' work proved especially effective. The psychologist provided self-regulation tools, while the chaplain provided meaning and moral foundation. For many, faith and the feeling of our struggle's justice became the key to endurance."

"Sixth: Culture of invincibility instead of victim culture. We deliberately built a narrative not about suffering but about strength: 'We stood where others wouldn't have survived.' This formed pride and gave warriors the feeling they are participants in history, not its hostages."

"Thus, psychological methods of countering an enemy seeking destruction are built on combining meaning, collective unity, small victories, and internal mobility. These aren't just survival techniques. They're the foundation of invincibility that allowed our warriors in Bakhmut and other harshest front sections to withstand the empire of evil."

How has technology, particularly social media platforms like TikTok, fundamentally altered the psychology of combat? What new vulnerabilities and opportunities does this create?

"When we talk about the evolution of civilizations from magic to mythology and further to science, in modern war we face a new phenomenon: technology is embedded in the very perception of reality," Klochkov observes. "This is especially vividly manifested through real-time war broadcasts on platforms like TikTok. Today TikTok and a number of social networks negatively impact soldiers' cognitive processes and represent an information threat in the forces and a tool of information-psychological influence."

The scale is unprecedented. TikTok's billion-plus users globally can watch combat footage within seconds of its occurrence. Drone operators post first-person views of strikes that rack up millions of views within hours. The platform's algorithm, designed to maximize engagement, naturally amplifies the most shocking content—creating a distortion field around the war's reality.

"The fundamental change in combat psychology consists of several aspects," Klochkov explains:

"First: Disappearance of distance between soldier and civilian. If in the 20th century war was mediated (through newspapers, radio, or TV reports), now soldiers and civilians simultaneously exist in the combat information space. Drone strike or trench assault footage is seen by millions within seconds. This creates an effect of 'shared participation' where the rear psychologically becomes closer to the front."

"Second: Combat motivation through visual confirmation. For the Ukrainian military, instant dissemination of their action results (destroyed equipment, successful operations), becomes a kind of 'reinforcement.' This isn't an abstract order from above but concrete action that has resonance and recognition in society. This process played an important role at the war's beginning because Ukrainian soldiers had access to information and could observe successes in fighting the enemy, while the Russian army entered without means of receiving information and remained in an information vacuum, negatively affecting their moral-psychological state and fighting spirit."

"Third: Psychological vulnerability through continuity. Broadcasting combat without editing or filters means both military and civilians are constantly immersed in a stream of brutal scenes. This creates an 'endless front effect' where there's no time for recovery, increasing secondary traumatization risk."

"Fourth: Changed psychological operations tactics. TikTok became a battlefield not just between armies but between narratives. Each video can be an information weapon element: Ukrainian videos emphasize resilience and ingenuity, while Russian ones try to spread fear and chaos. This changes the traditional balance between 'propaganda' and 'combat reality.' TikTok is also used as a means of discrediting leadership."

"Fifth: Formation of new memory culture. In the 20th century, war memory was formed by historians and filmmakers decades after events. In the 21st century, it's created in real-time. Every smartphone on the front is already a 'chronicler.' This means combat psychology includes not just the battle itself but awareness: 'my action will become part of history here and now.'"

"Thus, TikTok and other real-time broadcast platforms made war total not just physically but psychologically. Combat is conducted not just for positions or territories but for frame interpretation, for how this war will be experienced by millions of witnesses in the moment. This is a new level of evolution, from science to 'technological mythology,' where reality and its digital reflection merged into a single front. Today TikTok and social networks are tools for conducting combat operations, influencing combat operations, and the main weapon for conducting information-psychological operations."

How did you neutralize the Kremlin's weaponization of Orthodox Christianity through the Moscow Patriarchate while preserving genuine faith among troops?

"The Kremlin truly transformed the concept of 'Russian world' into a weapon, using Orthodoxy as an influence tool," Klochkov states. "The Moscow Patriarchate acted and tries to act as an extensive agent network—through the language of 'holiness,' through war sacralization, through appeals to fear and fatalism. For us, this was one of the most dangerous forms of psychological aggression, as it penetrated deep layers of consciousness: faith, spirituality, and life's meaning."

The scale of religious weaponization was massive. Before the invasion, the Moscow Patriarchate controlled approximately 12,000 parishes in Ukraine—more than in Russia itself. Patriarch Kirill proclaimed that Russian soldiers who die in Ukraine would have their sins washed away, essentially declaring the invasion a holy crusade.

"Priests of the Moscow Patriarchate tried and continue trying to form public opinion among parishioners regarding narratives of 'Slavic brotherhood,' 'one people,' 'holy war,' 'righteous cause,'" Klochkov explains.

Ukrainian security services discovered that Moscow Patriarchate priests were passing intelligence to Russian forces, blessing weapons used against Ukrainian cities, and storing weapons in church buildings. In occupied territories, they provided lists of Ukrainian patriots to Russian security services.

"Neutralizing this propaganda, we applied several key approaches," Klochkov continues:

"First: Separating faith from politics. We constantly emphasized: Orthodox or any other faith is personal spiritual support, not a political weapon. This allowed warriors to feel their religiosity wasn't questioned while rejecting the imposed 'Moscow' narrative. The military chaplaincy service performs this task."

"Second: Positive alternative - Ukrainian spiritual leadership. Military chaplains working on the front provided not just prayer but meaning of struggle in spiritual categories: protecting life, freedom, dignity. This created a counter-narrative: not 'holy war for empire' but just struggle for the people's life."

"Third: Exposing the enemy's false 'sacredness.' We openly showed Moscow church propaganda's hypocrisy: the patriarch blesses rockets that hit churches and hospitals. When warriors and society saw this cynicism, the very 'aura' of sacred authority was destroyed."

Russian missiles have destroyed over 500 Ukrainian religious buildings, including historic churches and monasteries. Meanwhile, Patriarch Kirill blessed nuclear weapons and called the war a "metaphysical struggle."

"Fourth: Combining psychological and spiritual practices. Psychologists and chaplains worked together: one provided emotional stabilization techniques, the other, internal feeling that the struggle has higher meaning. This removed the warriors' internal doubts that the enemy tried to sow."

"Fifth: Culture of memory and martyrdom. We emphasized our own heroic stories, from antiquity to modern fallen warriors. This formed an alternative spiritual narrative: our warriors aren't 'victims' but 'righteous defenders' standing on the side of life and light."

"As a result, we managed to preserve fighting spirit in a deeply religious society without destroying faith. We didn't fight Orthodoxy. We fought imperial manipulation hiding under its mask. And that's where the strength was: showing that true faith doesn't destroy but protects life. Church is outside politics. Confessional affiliation is a personal matter. The Moscow Patriarchate is the enemy's tool in achieving their imperial goals."

How does understanding Russia as China's vassal state, part of an 'axis of evil' with North Korea and Iran, change Ukraine's psychological warfare strategy? What does this mean for the global nature of this conflict?

"When we call Russia China's vassal, we actually acknowledge: the Kremlin isn't an independent subject but an instrument in Beijing's global game," Klochkov explains. "This fundamentally changes psychological warfare strategy. But today we must consider this question in the context of the axis of evil countries: Russia, China, North Korea, and Iran."

The evidence of vassalage is overwhelming. China has become Russia's economic lifeline, with bilateral trade reaching $240 billion in 2023. Russia now sells oil and gas to China at steep discounts while importing Chinese technology at premium prices. North Korea has provided millions of artillery shells and ballistic missiles to Russia, with over 10,000 North Korean troops deployed to Russian positions according to intelligence reports. Iran supplies Shahed-136 suicide drones, with thousands used against Ukrainian cities.

In "Resetting the World Order," Klochkov reveals how Ukraine's resistance disrupted China's grand strategy. He details how China's "One Belt, One Road" initiative, a trillion-dollar investment spanning 70 countries covering 65% of the world's population, “collapsed in an instant" when Ukrainian forces successfully resisted Russia's invasion. Beijing was forced to reveal its authoritarian coalition prematurely, causing Chinese assets to fall globally. As Klochkov emphasizes in his analysis: "Ukraine is the heart of the Russian empire, an empire without heart cannot exist." This explains why what began as a regional conflict has evolved into what he predicts will be a struggle lasting "many generations and centuries," fundamentally reshaping global power dynamics.

"If previously the main 'opponent' in this dimension was Moscow, now we understand: influence must be broader: on international audiences determining the balance between West and China. The Ukrainian war becomes a mirror for the world, showing the true nature of the proxy empire."

"We purposefully emphasize: Russia isn't a 'center of power,' it just fulfills orders. For the Russian military and society, this is a destructive message because it devalues the image of a 'great power.' Instead of pride, humiliation: 'you're fighting and dying not for Russia but for foreign interests.'"

"Inside Ukraine, we explain: fighting Russia isn't just a regional conflict but part of global confrontation with a system where China uses 'cannon fodder.' This forms in warriors a feeling of participation in a world-scale battle where their contribution has historical significance."

"If previously the information struggle went mainly against Russian narratives, now we also work in the Asian direction, exposing Moscow's dependence, showing regional allies the danger of the Chinese-Russian tandem."

"The message 'no point talking to Putin - need to talk to Xi' works both domestically and internationally. It explains: negotiations with Moscow solve nothing because the keys to war are in Beijing. This helps avoid false expectations of 'peace agreements' with the Kremlin."

"China today is trying to change world security architecture," Klochkov emphasizes. "Today the battle is with the director, not the performer trying to take the place of a geopolitical leader in the world. And we must remember that Ukraine is the heart of the Russian empire, an empire without heart cannot exist. Therefore this struggle began and continues and will likely stretch for many generations and centuries. Thank you for your attention! Glory to Ukraine! Glory to Her Heroes!"

Author’s Analysis

Major General Vladyslav Klochkov's approach represents a fundamental breakthrough in military psychology. What makes it unique isn't just the shift from treatment to prevention: it's the creation of an entirely new combat capability. By embedding psychological support directly into battlefield operations, making it as essential as ammunition supply, he proved that resilience can be manufactured in real-time, under fire. Ukrainian forces didn't just survive impossible odds; they demonstrated that psychological infrastructure can become a decisive weapon system.

His recognition that TikTok and social media are actual battlefields, not just propaganda channels, changes everything about modern conflict. When every smartphone becomes a weapon, when combat footage reaches millions in seconds, when algorithms determine morale as much as artillery, traditional military doctrine becomes obsolete. Klochkov's insistence on using truth as the primary weapon, delivered faster than enemy disinformation, shows that in wars of existence, credibility becomes a form of ammunition.

The geopolitical implications are profound. By revealing Russia as China's proxy and exposing the coordination between Moscow, Beijing, Tehran, and Pyongyang, Klochkov demonstrates that Ukraine is the testing ground for authoritarian powers learning to synchronize military, psychological, and information operations. His prediction that this confrontation will last "generations" suggests we're witnessing not a regional conflict but the emergence of a new form of civilizational warfare where narrative control determines survival.

The urgent questions his work raises should keep Western defense planners awake at night. If psychological operations are now inseparable from combat operations, are NATO forces prepared to fight on this merged battlefield, or are they still planning for last century's wars? When adversaries weaponize everything from social media to religious faith, can democratic societies develop psychological defense systems without compromising their own values? And as wars increasingly target consciousness itself, seeking not just victory but the erasure of identity, will the West recognize that psychological infrastructure is now as vital as air defense? Klochkov has shown us the future of warfare. The question is whether we're listening.

About Major General Vladyslav Klochkov

Major General Vladyslav Klochkov is a distinguished Ukrainian military leader and expert in psychological resilience with over 26 years of service in the Armed Forces of Ukraine. His career represents a unique blend of combat leadership, strategic command, and pioneering work in military psychology and morale support.

Rising through the ranks from platoon commander to Major General, Klochkov has demonstrated exceptional leadership across all levels of military command. His combat experience includes commanding mechanized units during critical periods of Ukraine's defense, culminating in his command of the renowned 93rd Mechanized Brigade from 2015 to 2019 during active combat operations in Eastern Ukraine.

As Chief of the General Department for Morale and Psychological Support of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from 2021 to 2024, Klochkov led transformative initiatives to strengthen the psychological resilience of Ukrainian forces during wartime. His academic contributions include pioneering research on psychological resilience in combat conditions, resulting in five scientific publications, a monograph titled "Psychological Resilience of a Soldier," and ten training manuals on psychological support in military settings.

Klochkov holds a PhD in Public Management and Administration from the National Defense University of Ukraine, where his dissertation focused on "Development of Psychological Resilience in Land Forces Servicemen in Combat Conditions." His educational background also includes advanced studies in command and control, project management, and engineering mechanics from Ukraine's premier military institutions.

A prolific military scholar, his bibliography extends beyond psychological resilience to include analytical work on strategic communications, including "Resetting the World Order 2022," as well as contributions to social and cultural work within the military framework. His expertise has been instrumental in developing NATO-standard psychological support systems and implementing international best practices in the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

Fluent in Ukrainian with proficiency in English and basic Arabic, Major General Klochkov has been recognized with numerous state and departmental awards for his service. Released to the reserve in August 2024, he continues to contribute his expertise to strengthening Ukraine's defense capabilities and advancing the field of military psychology.

His legacy includes not only his combat leadership but also his transformative work in establishing comprehensive psychological support systems that have proven crucial for maintaining force morale and effectiveness during times of unprecedented challenge.

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