The move comes as some pro-government outlets have enthusiastically been reporting on crimes committed by Russians who have returned from fighting in the war in Ukraine, including mercenaries and former convicts who received amnesty in exchange for going to war. “Crime always brings good traffic, and mentioning the special military operation in the headline warms up the audience, making the news more clickable,” one source close to the Kremlin said under the condition of anonymity.
@sadreality there’s a lot wrong in the US as well as in Europe, but we are (still) far away from this.
Not sure which US you live in… But around this one we have vets homeless, we have vets killing themselves and vets denied services.
Hard[ly] a victory. You are coping.
Can’t we just admit that’s how governments treat their service people after they are discharged?
Is this here purely a propaganda piece so we need to focus on that while ignoring our own governments behavior?