In the press - Fake news, "the other war" in Ukraine

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Information control is at the heart of Russian strategy.

Even if it means "totally rewriting reality", writes the

In a vitriolic article, the daily speaks of a "country where all the information is false", where the ruling regime is "brainwashing" its population.

With consequences on the daily life of Russians, where families are torn around the table between those who remain convinced that there is no war in Ukraine and those who try to convince them otherwise.

But according to

, this Russian propaganda could collapse like a house of cards.

On the Ukrainian side, recalls the American magazine, a former comedian leads the country.

Volodymyr Zelensky, a trained actor and master of communication, speaks in Russian to the Russian people.

The newspaper opposes the styles of the two leaders, Ukrainian and Russian.

On the one hand, there is a president, young, present in the streets and especially on social networks and on the other an all-powerful but isolated and reclusive head of state in his Kremlin palace.

Conclusion of the journalist: it is by communicating via social networks that the Ukrainian leader will perhaps succeed in breaking Russian propaganda, by reaching young people in particular.

It is still necessary that these are still accessible in Russia.

On the front page of Liberation Friday:

🇺🇦 Ukraine: children of war https://t.co/nj2k4mQp7h pic.twitter.com/z3dh73RGRk

— Liberation (@libe) March 10, 2022

At the heart of this conflict, there are civilians and especially children.

On Wednesday, the bombardment of a pediatric hospital in Mariupol sparked strong criticism from the international community, with the EU not hesitating to speak of "war crimes".

already speaks of "sacrificed generation", between, on the one hand, the children who hide in underground shelters with their families and the others who leave the country.

Since the beginning of the Russian offensive, at least 71 children have lost their lives, not to mention those, the newspaper recalls, "still alive but heavily traumatized".

In France, this war is "present in the minds of voters", writes

.

There is general agreement that many regret that the campaign has taken a back seat due to the Ukrainian conflict.

"There is no campaign", they say.

There is still a month left for the 12 candidates to try to convince.

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