On 23 February 2022, Shaman released "Rise Up" (Russian: Встанем; romanized: Vstanem) for [[Defender of the Fatherland Day]], a song celebrating soldiers who died, which was also on the eve of the [[Russian invasion of Ukraine]]. In an interview with [[Russia-1]], he said that he held the belief that the song was "dictated to me from above."<ref name="NYT"/> His single amassed 46 million views on YouTube and was featured on the Russian state channel [[Russia-1]].<ref name="vesti.ru">[https://www.vesti.ru/article/2817366 «Встанем». Новая песня, обращенная в историю] // [[Russia-24|Вести.ру]], 27 июня 2022</ref> The song was dedicated to Russian war heroes of the [[Great Patriotic War (term)|Great Patriotic War]].<ref name="vesti.ru"/>
Later in 2022, he released "[[I'mYa RussianRusskiy]]" ({{lang-ru|Я русский}}; {{lang-en|YaI'm russkiyRussian}}).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.maximonline.ru/guide/klip-ya-russkii-pevca-shaman-nabral-bolshe-dvukh-millionov-prosmotrov-za-paru-dnei-pokazyvaem-id824052/|work=Maxim|title=Клип "Я русский" певца SHAMAN набрал больше двух миллионов просмотров за пару дней (показываем)|trans-title=Music video "I'm Russian" by singer SHAMAN got more than two million views in a couple of days}}</ref> The song became a pop-culture phenomenon in Russia as it has more than 42 million views but was ridiculed on Russian social media.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rbc.ru/life/news/63108df59a79473c20970d68|work=RBC|title="Я узкий". Как в Госдуме и на YouTube отреагировали на пародию Гудкова|trans-title="I'm narrow". How Gosduma and YouTube reacted to Gudkov's parody}}</ref> Music critic and journalist [[Otar Kushanashvili]] called the parody “I’m narrow” unfunny: “it’s useless and has no sense of humor”<ref>[https://teleprogramma.pro/news/ublyudok-lishennyy-vkusa-kushanashvili-ocenil-parodiyu-gudkova-ya-uzkiy_nid4338151_au73659au_cr73659cr «Ублюдок он, лишенный вкуса»: Кушанашвили оценил пародию Гудкова «Я узкий»] {{Web archive|url=https://web.archive.org/20220911185110/https://teleprogramma.pro/news/ublyudok-lishennyy-vkusa-kushanashvili-ocenil-parodiyu-gudkova-ya-uzkiy_nid4338151_au73659au_cr73659cr }} // teleprogramma.pro, 8 сентября 2022</ref> Pavel Rudchenko noted that "the song encourages pride ourselves to be a Russian, to be a part of Russia", which explains the popularity of this composition.<ref>[https://www.5-tv.ru/news/395550/mos-kritik-rudcenko-obasnil-vzryvnoj-uspeh-klipa-shaman-arusskij/ «Мощь»: критик Рудченко объяснил взрывной успех клипа SHAMAN «Я русский»] // Пятый канал, 25 июля 2022</ref>
Shaman expressed his support for the [[Russian invasion of Ukraine]] in December 2022, and was invited to speak and perform at Kremlin-organized events.<ref>{{cite news |title=Власти пытаются приучить россиян гордиться войной |url=https://meduza.io/feature/2022/12/25/vlasti-pytayutsya-priuchit-rossiyan-gorditsya-voynoy |work=[[Meduza]] |date=25 December 2022 |language=ru}}</ref> In November 2022, he was criticized by the head of the Russian Media Group for not performing in [[Russian annexation of Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia oblasts|Russian-occupied regions in Southeastern Ukraine]], and in January 2023 he played for Russian soldiers in [[Luhansk]] and [[Mariupol]].<ref name="NYT"/>
