Photos and Videos Highlight Ukraine Defending Against Russian Invasion
Summary from the AllSides News Team
As Russia carries on its invasion of Ukraine, news outlets across the spectrum have highlighted a number of pictures and videos that help illustrate what the conflict currently looks like.
Photographers from The New York Times (Lean Left bias) and Reuters (Center bias) are on the ground in Ukraine providing Americans a closer look at the ongoing military invasion. Many photos feature the damaged residential buildings and houses in the capital city of Kyiv following a number of missile attacks, as well as Ukrainian soldiers preparing for street combat. Videos circulating on social media depict Ukrainian citizens engaging in firefights, wounded or dead soldiers, anti-war protesters being arrested in Russia and Ukrainians saying goodbye to their loved ones as they stay behind to fight for their country's freedom.
Some outlets have criticized "official" sources and political figures for sharing "false or misleading imagery on social media claiming to be from the conflict." For instance, the official Twitter account for the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense shared footage of an aerial dogfight with the hashtag #stoprussia that fact-checkers later discovered was video game footage. Left-rated outlets were more likely to emphasize how the Biden administration "repeatedly warned" that Russian troops would stage an attack weeks before the invasion began. Breitbart News (Right bias) and other right-rated outlets accentuated how "much media attention has focused on the fighting near the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv until now," and featured many photos from Kharkiv — "the scene of the war’s most significant clashes as of Sunday morning."
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From the Left
On the Ground: Ukraine Under Attack
For weeks, a Russian invasion had been feared, but once the sweeping attacks began on Thursday, hitting seemingly every corner of Ukraine, the war became unavoidably tangible for its people, a hovering cloud of darkness that once seemed unimaginable in the post-Cold War era.
Hearing the booms of missile explosions and air attacks, and reports of battles that had killed both civilians and soldiers, some vowed to fight the intruders however they could. Most also realized, though, that life defying Russia’s overwhelming might was likely to be unsettled and treacherous.
In parts of Ukraine, people...
From the Right
PICS: Heavy Fighting as Russian Forces Battle for Control of Ukraine’s Second City
Ukrainian and Russian forces have engaged in street fighting in the city of Kharkiv (Kharkov) after an “intensive” artillery battle overnight.
Ukraine’s second-largest city, Kharkiv is known to many history buffs as the scene of a series of fierce battles between the Red Army and the German armed forces and Waffen SS during the Second World War, marked by large-scale tank clashes and bloody house-to-house fighting.
While much media attention has focused on the fighting near the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv (Kiev) until now, Kharkiv — a key city just...
From the Center
Ukraine conflict: Further false images shared online
The second day of the Russian invasion of Ukraine has been accompanied by further false or misleading imagery on social media claiming to be from the conflict.
Some show military action taken from older conflicts, while other viral videos have proved difficult to verify.
One video clip seen by the BBC and proven to be several years old has been viewed more than 27 million times in one day, while another showed video game footage.
Misleading posts have come from "official" sources as well as from "ordinary" social media users....
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