{"id":1342991,"date":"2022-02-25T16:08:01","date_gmt":"2022-02-25T21:08:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1342991"},"modified":"2022-02-25T16:08:09","modified_gmt":"2022-02-25T21:08:09","slug":"russian-propaganda-claims-no-fighting-in-kyiv-major-ukrainian-cities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/russian-propaganda-claims-no-fighting-in-kyiv-major-ukrainian-cities\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian Propaganda Claims No Fighting in Kyiv, Major Ukrainian Cities"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frussian-propaganda-claims-no-fighting-in-kyiv-major-ukrainian-cities%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1342991&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/building-rocket-attack-Kyiv-Ukraine-ap-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\"><span>The world watches Russian rockets and shells rain down on Ukrainian cities, yet Russian state media are telling domestic audiences that Kyiv is \u201cquiet and calm,\u201d Kharkiv had \u201can ordinary day,\u201d and footage of Russia\u2019s savage attacks is all just a \u201cbackground of lies from the Western media.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.themoscowtimes.com\/2022\/02\/25\/how-is-russias-state-tv-depicting-the-war-in-ukraine-a76588\"><i><span>Moscow Times<\/span><\/i><\/a> <span>described Russian state media coverage of the war as downright \u201csurreal\u201d:<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span>Taking their cue from Russian President Vladimir Putin\u2019s address to the nation early Thursday morning, when he announced a limited \u201cspecial military operation\u201d to \u201cdemilitarize\u201d Ukraine and protect citizens in the Donbas from what he said was a Ukrainian \u201cgenocide,\u201d the country\u2019s state TV channels have gone into overdrive to peddle a similar message to a somewhat hesitant Russian public.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201c\u200b\u200bUkrainians do not need to fear Russia\u2019s special operation,\u201d said a correspondent for rolling news channel Rossiya-24, as headlines flashed across the screen announcing Russia\u2019s military successes and an apparent imminent Ukrainian threat.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cUkraine launched three missiles at the Donetsk People\u2019s Republic in the last seven minutes,\u201d a breaking news banner read.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>As the <\/span><i><span>Moscow Times <\/span><\/i><span>pointed out, this narrative was a \u201cstark contrast\u201d with actual events in Ukraine, which included heavy artillery assaults on populated areas, including Kyiv. Social media is brimming with footage of Ukrainians huddled underground while Russian bombs detonated overhead:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Terrified that Russia could attack the capital at any moment, many Ukrainians have taken shelter deep underground, in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Kyiv?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Kyiv<\/a>\u2019s metro system. Ppl have brought along their dogs, blankets &#038; crosswords, hunkering down for the long night ahead. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Ukraine?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Ukraine<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YGDHOuwq8v\">pic.twitter.com\/YGDHOuwq8v<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Francesca Ebel (@FrancescaEbel) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FrancescaEbel\/status\/1496955397055389699?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 24, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Metro station in Kharkiv, the second-largest city in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Ukraine?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Ukraine<\/a>.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/StopRussia?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#StopRussia<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/StopWar?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#StopWar<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VFqvLY64n7\">pic.twitter.com\/VFqvLY64n7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Alexander Khrebet\/\u041e\u043b\u0435\u043a\u0441\u0430\u043d\u0434\u0440 \u0425\u0440\u0435\u0431\u0435\u0442 (@AlexKhrebet) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlexKhrebet\/status\/1496976242859520006?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 24, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>The <\/span><i><span>Moscow Times <\/span><\/i><span>noted Russia\u2019s communications regulatory agency, Roskomnadzor, has been threatening media outlets with stiff punishment if they dare to broadcast information that has not been approved by Vladimir Putin\u2019s regime.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>This apparently includes information about the Russian invasion unexpectedly stalling out in key areas, losses among Russian troops, or military activities outside the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine, which Putin ostensibly invaded Ukraine to \u201cdefend.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Russian media are, however, very big on showing alleged weapons damage from \u201cUkrainian attacks\u201d inside Donbas, video of Ukrainian soldiers who supposedly deserted their units, and any statements from Western leaders that could be employed to bolster Putin\u2019s claims of the U.S. and Europe trying to \u201ccontain\u201d Russia by militarizing Ukraine.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Russian media are also hyping alleged Ukrainian attacks hitting Russian soil, painting <\/span><span>Ukraine <\/span><span>as the aggressor nation and casting the United States for failing to control its ally:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Russia?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Russia<\/a>&#8216;s state media keeps reporting alleged incidents of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Ukraine?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Ukraine<\/a>&#8216;s attacks on Russian territory. State TV acts appalled that the U.S. &#8220;doesn&#8217;t believe that Ukraine intends to attack LPR\/DPR and Russia.&#8221; That part about  Ukraine &#8220;planning to attack Russia&#8221; is something new. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3lXTqXv6FK\">pic.twitter.com\/3lXTqXv6FK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Julia Davis (@JuliaDavisNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JuliaDavisNews\/status\/1495765709242179590?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 21, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>\u201cAs it becomes harder for state media to ignore the full-scale invasion into Ukrainian territory, some channels have started to frame Russian soldiers as eagerly anticipated liberators,\u201d the U.K.\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2022\/feb\/25\/pure-orwell-how-russian-state-media-spins-ukraine-invasion-as-liberation\"><i><span>Guardian<\/span><\/i><\/a> <span>observed Friday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The <\/span><i><span>Guardian <\/span><\/i><span>contrasted these antics with Russian state media\u2019s triumphalist coverage of the intervention in Syria, which often included \u201cflashy videos of fighter jets destroying their targets\u201d \u2013 a type of footage conspicuously absent from reports on Ukraine. The <\/span><i><span>Guardian <\/span><\/i><span>took this as \u201ca sign that Russian authorities are aware of the country\u2019s deep unease with the conflict.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketwatch.com\/story\/it-wasnt-putin-who-invaded-ukraine-how-state-media-in-russia-are-depicting-the-ongoing-attack-01645712385\"><span>Associated Press<\/span><\/a><span> (AP) quoted Russian state TV presenters describing the attack on Ukraine as a joyous campaign of liberation in which Putin\u2019s army would finally step in to protect the victimized ethnic Russians of Donbas from \u201cgenocidal\u201d Ukrainian bullies:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span>\u201cYou paid with your blood for these eight years of torment and anticipation,\u201d anchor Olga Skabeyeva told residents of the areas known as Donbas during a popular political talk show Tuesday morning on Russia 1 state TV. \u201cRussia will now be defending Donbas.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>TV pundit Vladimir Solovyev echoed those sentiments on his morning show on Vesti.FM state radio. \u201cWe will ensure their safety,\u201d he declared. \u201cIt is now dangerous to fight with them \u2026 because one will now have to fight with the Russian army.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Channel One, another popular state-funded TV station, struck a festive tone, with its correspondent in Donetsk asserting that local residents \u201csay it is the best news over the past years of war.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>These propaganda narratives have been buttressed with a flood of reports from Donbas portraying its residents as living in terror of a prospective Ukrainian counterattack. Russian state media broadcasts claim Ukraine is already targeting civilians in Donbas and might even be contemplating the use of nuclear weapons against them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWhether ordinary Russians are buying this is another question,\u201d the AP commented drily, pointing to the surprisingly brash and widespread anti-war movement <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/national-security\/2022\/02\/24\/russia-warns-negative-legal-consequences-mass-anti-war-protests-break-out\/\"><span>defying<\/span><\/a><span> police crackdowns to speak out against Putin\u2019s war and the noticeable air of cynicism among English-speaking Russians who can compare their local news to international broadcasts.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The world watches Russian rockets and shells rain down on Ukrainian cities, yet Russian state media are telling domestic audiences that Kyiv is \u201cquiet and calm,\u201d Kharkiv had \u201can ordinary<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1342991","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1342991","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1342991"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1342991\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1342991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1342991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1342991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}