I honestly have a hard time believing that right now, but I'm open to the possibility. Maybe wars are different than protests, but when there was protesting in the states, there was multiple 24/7 livestreams of people on the ground.
So far, all I've really seen are recycled videos that seem to get reposted everywhere and used in the media, but very little engagement. I have a feeling that either:
- The resistance in Ukraine is actually very little, so the goal is to try to get people from other countries contacting their politicians to provide assistance. I've seen some news about certain groups being banned from leaving and being encouraged to join the army and about how they are providing information on state media about making molotovs.
- Try to make it seem like they are somehow winning by providing high estimates to try to hurt the morale of Russian soldiers.
It does seem like thus far Russia has mostly been focused on strategic targets, with some isolated civilian incidents. This makes the most sense right now considering that multiple superpowers are monitoring the situation and if Russia makes a wrong move by decimating civilians, then this could quickly turn into a world war.
Both sides are appealing their population, troops not to film or post anything so that they won't give out vital information. Still plenty floating around telegram accounts, but wars sure are different than protests.
So far, all I've really seen are recycled videos that seem to get reposted everywhere and used in the media, but very little engagement. I have a feeling that either:
- The resistance in Ukraine is actually very little, so the goal is to try to get people from other countries contacting their politicians to provide assistance. I've seen some news about certain groups being banned from leaving and being encouraged to join the army and about how they are providing information on state media about making molotovs.
- Try to make it seem like they are somehow winning by providing high estimates to try to hurt the morale of Russian soldiers.
It does seem like thus far Russia has mostly been focused on strategic targets, with some isolated civilian incidents. This makes the most sense right now considering that multiple superpowers are monitoring the situation and if Russia makes a wrong move by decimating civilians, then this could quickly turn into a world war.