Information Fog: The Various Propaganda of War

Aside from the street wars in Kyiv and Kharkhiv , the full battle of propaganda is raging in the media, especially on social media. The main story is American / western, because it controls the switches and lever, although the Russians have their friends / supporters / sympathizers who have deep US narrative suspicions and are happy to pass on the Russian version. You have to navigate carefully through the fog of a propaganda war to get a better information.

On a broader scale, the US / NATO report that Russia has launched an unproved, unjustified attack on Ukraine. Russia has its own story of how it was provoked / cornered / pushed to the wall etc, but few take this, and even if this were true, the broader view is that Russia's response was disproportionate .There was still time for discussion and dialogue on the issue of Ukraine/ Nato .

Some war stories are also questionable. Western tabloid media works with large Russian accounts that are already dead. "Putin is embarrassed as Ukraine prides itself on killing 3,500 people and taking 200 hostages," read an article in the UK Express newspaper. Here is the source of the title :

"Commenting on the number of Russian troops, a Ukrainian journalist wrote in a Tweet:" As of this morning, we have been arrested by about 200 Russian soldiers. About 3.5,000 people will return to Russia for their cemeteries. ”

And further on the subject:

“However, there are conflicting reports about the actual number of deaths.

According to the Ukrainian defense ministry, the number may be lower. The department said on Friday more than 1,000 Russian soldiers have been killed so far in the Ukrainian port.

It said: "Russia has never suffered so much during a conflict in any of its conflicts since its inception."

Now the value of money may be high, but in this age of instant messaging - and there is no indication that communication has been affected - we would have seen pictures of bodies and bags. And even if you did, one would have to be careful about its authenticity, given the tools available on counterfeit items.

Already, it has emerged that the videos of a so-called Ukrainian pilot - a Ghost of Kyiv - who shot down six Russian jets were fake. The video was created with Digital Combat Simulator, a simulation game that was first released in 2008.

Then there is the story of the Ukrainian soldiers on Snake Island who refused to surrender, told the Russians "f-k off" (that part of the story LOOKS true enough based on the videos) and was bombed to death. Russia has now released videos showing its commitment.

So yes, it is hard to see through the fog of propaganda over the fog of war. Undoubtedly, the Ukrainian are brave, but for Russia's weapons and ammunition to roll in unannounced all the way to the Kyiv gates means that they have met little opposition at the border. Is it possible that Russians were welcomed in the eastern part of the country? Or in that case, could it be possible that apart from the patriotic Ukrainians fighting bravely, there are those who are loyal to “the Mother of Russia?”

Expect an abundance of propaganda to spread around the world in the coming days. I looked at Russian television a few times to get the Moscow spin and found that they are good or bad American networks that believe in official narratives accepting the official story carelessly or skeptically.