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DetlefK

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Sun Mar 6, 2022, 06:39 AM Mar 2022

How russian media portrays the Ukraine-war:

Ria Novosti is a state-owned news-outlet.



https://ria.ru/20220306/mariupol-1776909362.html
Russia credits the People's Republic of Donbass with evacuating 300 civilians from the ukrainian city of Mariupol... although it's not clear why these people need to be evacuated at all, given that russian media emphasizes AT EVERY TURN that they are EXCLUSIVELY attacking ukrainian military installations.
(The article has no photo of what Mariupol looks like right now. Just a stock-photo from before the bombing.)



https://ria.ru/20220306/spetsoperatsiya-1776891816.html
All is going well! We are destroying Ukraine's military!
(The photo is an abandoned tank stuck in mud. Supposedly an ukrainian tank but there are no markings to verify that.)



https://ria.ru/20220306/morozy-1776870242.html
Well, not per se about the war. An article how cold winter-weather will push back spring a bit more in Western Russia.

(Which means that in Ukraine the mud-season of spring will last a little bit longer. Western media has cited muddy spring-weather as the main reason why Russia cannot operate its tanks off-roads in Ukraine. Of course, not a word about that in russian media.)




https://ria.ru/20220306/propaganda-1776813511.html
An article how the morale of Russia's military will not be crushed by the offensive of the ukrainian military. (WHAT THE FUCK???)
Then a warning that Russia's civilian population is subject to foreign propaganda. For example, rumors that you better withdraw your money from your bank-account and stock up on food are actually foreign propaganda.
"Do you remember the telephone-scams where someone would as for your bank-information? Now we see the same today with propagandists spreading panic, pacifism and calls for peace!" (Absolutely disgusting!!! Pacifism!!! Oh, the horror!!!)
Then a sarcastic snark how social media is used to call for "peace".

The article ends with an ominous warning: That new laws are being worked on to counter this peace-propaganda, and those civil criminals calling for peace will eventually get what they deserve.

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How russian media portrays the Ukraine-war: (Original Post) DetlefK Mar 2022 OP
Totalitarian propaganda. SergeStorms Mar 2022 #1
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