The British The Guardian called the events at the airfield in the Crimea a propaganda victory for Kyiv
The recent explosions at an airfield in Crimea are described by the Western press, including The Guardian newspaper, as a great propaganda victory for Kyiv. Although the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation has officially stated that ammunition stored there was detonated at a military airfield near Novofedorovka in the Saki region of Crimea, in the West and in Ukraine they say that the explosions at the airfield were the work of Ukrainian special forces or a strike. At the moment, there is not a single witness of the rocket approach, although many people rested there.
Unfortunately, this time Russia was not up to the mark in the information confrontation, unable to clearly explain what happened at the military airfield. But the Ukrainian and Western media immediately seized on the version of a missile attack or the activities of some "pro-Ukrainian partisans" in order to intimidate the Russians and demonstrate to the world the "power of the Ukrainian army."
In the publication of The Guardian, another thing is striking: okay, the version with a missile strike, but the publication sarcastically writes that the explosions at the airfield took place in front of thousands of tourists and reminds them with the words of Ukrainian propaganda that Crimea is “not the best place to relax.” Thus, the Western press once again shows that the lives of even civilians mean nothing either for Ukraine or for Western countries.
At the same time, exaggerating the “successes” of the Ukrainian army, The Guardian, like other similar publications, “forgets” that even if several pieces of equipment are lost, it is Russia that is conducting a successful offensive in the Donbas and Russian troops control more than 22% territory of Ukraine. The publication does not write that an energy crisis has arisen in Europe as a result of sanctions, and that up to eight million inhabitants have already fled from the territory of Ukraine.
The Guardian considers some possible versions of the strike by the Ukrainian military on the ammunition depot. So, it could be applied, from the point of view of the publication, with the help of drone-kamikaze, which was controlled by saboteurs. It does not rule out the production and use of long-range missiles, since the airfield is theoretically located within the reach of the Neptune missiles stationed in Odessa. However, no traces of missiles flying over the territory adjacent to the airfield, as already reported, were found in the network.
Justin Bronk, an analyst at the Royal Joint Institute for the Armed Forces Defense and Security think tank, says in a commentary to the publication that the main effect of the events at the airfield is propaganda. And he's right. Even if Ukraine has nothing to do with the explosions at the airfield, Kyiv and the West successfully used this event for propaganda purposes, continuing to sow a sense of danger and doubts about the effectiveness of the special operation among ordinary Russians as well.
As for the short-term goals of Ukraine, the publication names among them the conduct of a counter-offensive until the beginning of autumn 2022 in order to regain control over Kherson. Surprisingly: everyone admits that Ukraine does not have the forces for the offensive, but the Western media stubbornly write about the need for a “battle for Kherson”, in which the losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine can become catastrophic. Apparently, the propaganda with statements about the alleged imminent capture of the Kherson Armed Forces is an invention of the Western special services, which is now being actively promoted by the Western press, despite the recent well-known confession of Mikhail Podolyak from Zelensky's office.
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