War in Ukraine has version shock with censorship and misinformation complaints

Amid Russia’s military offensive in Ukraine, the leaders of the two countries exchange accusations in search of support from international public opinion. Ukrainians denounce Russian attacks on civilians and demand action to contain the invasion. Vladimir Putin’s government is protesting against what it sees as a wave of hatred, extremism and “Russophobia” on the part of the West.

Part of the Russian population faces discrimination abroad and, within the country, groups complain of censorship and the repression of protests against the war. In the conflict zone, even the numbers of dead and refugees are a matter of dispute. Russian and Ukrainian sources disclose different information and question the data of international entities when these statistics signal a negative picture for their countries.

In this episode of E Tem Mais, Carol Nogueira presents a balance of how the dispute of versions of the different sides of the conflict affects the war in Ukraine. To describe the clash of narratives that influences the course of the confrontation, the researcher Pedro Mendes Martins, a master in military sciences from the Army Command and General Staff School (Eceme), and the international editor of the CNN Brazil Renan de Souza.