Ukraine claims to have destroyed XXX tanks

and to have killed YYY Russian soldiers

Russia claims their losses are much less

Russian TV calls the war a military operation

aimed at liberating Ukrainians from Nazi rule

Americans are told that Ukraine resistance is forcing Russians to retreat

mostly because we supplied them with expensive weapons to fight

we are entertained with video clips showing Russian tanks blown up

it looks just like a video game where we can celebrate a win for our team

nobody ever mentions that a Russian tank crew just got incinerated

Americans are told that we are imposing severe sanctions to force Putin to stop the war

Russians are told that the West is trying to destroy Russia through sanctions

so many different versions of the truth

and so many different news outlets peddling the different versions

war rages on social media

propaganda wars rage between governments

meanwhile war rages on the battlefield and in civilian areas

troops on both sides are being killed in action

innocent civilians are the collateral damage in this conflict

to those impacted directly it is a total nightmare

does the mother of a fallen soldier care about which version of the truth is true

do the families of slain civilians care about which version of the truth is true

death and destruction can only be spun so may ways