On the ground reporting by Western media of the Russia-Ukraine conflict has been weak.

Most have a pro-Ukrainian bias and prefer to operate from hotels in Kiev or further west. Interviews from the trenches seem partly staged and rely on interpreters, though VICE News Tonight has good Russian-speakers who in the past have done some excellent reporting.

Nor are the media very investigative. All speak of a Russian ‘invasion’ of Ukraine with little or no attempt to provide crucial background: that UK and........

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