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Moscow’s disinformation is often shared unwittingly by Canadians who don’t know its origin or purpose. Canada needs to fight it with stronger actions.

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[–] streetfestival@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Edit: redacted: ~~I haven't seen the doc, but I feel like you're conflating frontline soldiers and political leadership, and are very quick to use the term "propaganda"~~

~~Showing that Russian soldiers are suffering too in Putin's war does not sound like (encouraging) sympathizing with Putin to me or undermining Ukraine's resistance. That take seems simplistic to the point of us collectively having to water down every political doc in existence.~~

Edit: new: While I didn't find your points compelling, the TVO documentary is the most/only cited and described example of supposed propaganda in the article. Based on these descriptions, I'd agree it's propaganda. Not correcting falsehoods in a documentary meets criteria for me

The narrative promoted in the film subtly suggests the war is Ukraine’s fault. It whitewashes well-documented atrocities committed by Russian troops against innocent Ukrainian civilians. It encourages western audiences to ignore the realities of this illegal invasion of a sovereign state in favour of a sob story that paints the aggressor in a sympathetic light.

The soldiers trot out justifications for the invasion, accusing Ukraine of fueling a “civil war.” They imply that Ukrainians are Nazis, that Russians are defending Ukrainians, and that Ukrainian soldiers murder injured Russian troops.

All of these false claims remain unchecked and unchallenged. The reality of Russia’s illegal actions and Russian soldiers’ war crimes go unmentioned.