Kyiv’s long-awaited counteroffensive is portrayed as more successful by enemy soldiers and their cheerleaders than by Western analysts.

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    1 year ago

    Holding their tongues.

    Western media is overwhelmingly profit-driven, which implies that it has a selection bias for flashy,

    Both things could be happening simultaneously, and are probably true;

    • Western media is making headlines for profit and Ukraine needs continued Western support so it needs to remain on the agenda;

    • And also, there is currently a Operational Silence, I believe.