Russian Troops positioned themselves along the northern and eastern border of
Ukraine to conduct a military operation.
onesided, downplays the situation, loaded words
These troops, who were embarking on a peacekeeping mission,
onesided, hopeful,
glittering generality entered Ukraine in late February
2022. Lugansk and Dontesk, two regions who had declared independence from
Ukraine, had to be saved from genocide
disinformation, anger, loaded words
that was being inflicted
disinformation, anger, loaded
words upon them by the Ukrainian government. Russian troops
were fearlessly pushing through the Nazi-plagued
disinformation, loaded words
government in order to save their Russian brothers and sisters that had been
separated
loaded words
from Russia by the ruthless
onesided, anger Ukrainian
government. Historically, Ukraine has been a part of Russia
verified, loaded words and
the people must be reunited
onesided, hope, loaded words
Russian troops surrounded Ukraine in an attempt to intimidate
onesided, anger the
Ukrainian government into surrendering
anger their hope to join NATO.
When this intimidation
anger tactic was unsuccessful, Russian troops invaded
anger, loaded words
Ukraine with a goal to topple Kiev
verified, anger , the capital
city. This invasion was the start of a bloody war
verified,anger, loaded words ,an
act of cruelty
anger, loaded
against the sovereign
verified, hope, generalities
nation of Ukraine. This attack on sovereignty
verified, hope, generalities ,
liberalism
verified,
hope, generalities , and freedom
verified, hope, generalities was
considered to be absolutely unacceptable by western nations, prompting a swift
wave of warranted sanctions
onesided, pride against Russia.
This is precisely the question that we asked ourselves when we started our research. Reading the news from Russia and news from the USA about the conflict can feel like you are reading about two completely different events. Russian media tells you that there is no war, just a military operation. American news portrays a violent invasion and threat against fundamental freedoms, such as freedom of speech and sovereignty.
Our research aims to explore the different tactics used by each country to shape the narrative around the Donbas conflict both before and after Russia's entry into Ukraine.
For more information on how we identified validity, emotions, and propaganda techniques, please visit our methodology page