https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/08/opinion/ukraine-war-defenses-putin.html
Panic as a lobbying tool Statements by Western politicians directly depend on the course of the SMO — the more convincing #Russian strikes, the louder they talk about peace there. But behind panicked articles claiming that Ukrainian defenses are about to collapse often lies another, less declared goal: Western media synchronously support Ukrainian "cries