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 The Role of Western Media in the Never -Ending Ukrainian War:
Implications on International Relations

Significance of Media in the World Politics.

Media is a very powerful element in international relations and it carries the
power to decide what is right and what is wrong and how the world should
view a story.
Unlike the cold war time when the world was led by two major power blocks,
the current world order is being led by different individual entities. There is a
great struggle for power in the contemporary world order and media is
playing a major role in it. Media provides the world with different ways to
view a story and it helps people decide answers to questions like who the
aggressor is and who the victim is. Media projections of news events can be
manipulated with radical views or by handing out misinformation. Also,
different News media outlets are inclined towards different ideologies with
some inclined to the left and some to the right and some being state-
controlled and monitored. The different portrayal of the same news event
makes people and states act in a certain way and take actions accordingly.
It is important to notice that we are currently living in a post-truth world
order. With the presence of Social media, ideas and radical views on an event
can escalate very quickly leading people to different eco chambers and later
to political insurgencies. The power of media or social media for that matter
is very eminent and a great example of this is the Arab spring of 2011 or the
recent Sri Lanka crisis.
Western media plays a significant role in shaping public perception and
understanding of the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. The way in which the
conflict is reported can have implications for international relations,
particularly in terms of how other countries view and respond to the situation.
For example, media coverage that emphasizes one side's actions or narratives
over the other can influence the opinions and actions of governments and
organizations involved in or affected by the conflict. Additionally, media
coverage can also influence public opinion within the countries involved,
which can in turn affect the actions and decisions of those countries' leaders.
Overall, the role of western media in the ongoing conflict in Ukraine
highlights the importance of media in shaping perceptions and influencing
international relations.

History of the Russia-Ukraine Crisis.

Despite the fall of the Soviet Union in 1990, Russia a major part of the Soviet
Union has played a great role in maintaining its power as one of the major
block countries through its involvement in trade, through involvement in
cooperation such as the Shanghai cooperation, and through its seat in UNSC.
It is also a major supplier of oil and gas to Europe.
Being a powerful state, Russia has been facing security threats from the west
because of the old bordering the Soviet Union states joining NATO and
American forces patrolling around areas like the Russian – Poland border.
Most of the previous Soviet aligned as well as Warsaw pact countries like
Hungary, Poland, and Bulgaria has also joined NATO. A major reason why
Putin declared a ‘Special military operation’ on Ukraine, on 24th February
can be looked through the threat Russia faces if Ukraine joins NATO or other
major military deals.
Apart from the increasing expansion of the west, the crisis in Ukraine serves
other purposes for Russia. It seeks to establish a Pro-Moscow government as
during the presidency of Victor Yanukovych, and also establish its influence
through disputed eastern areas of Ukraine like Donbas where there is an
imminent presence of a population of Russian origin.
During the Russia Ukraine crisis, the world has also seen how an action taken
against Russia has been an action against the world. The economic sanctions
and trade restrictions put on Russia have resulted in the economic crisis in the
west and an increase in inflation rates for its products.
The Russia – Ukraine crisis gives room for thought in deciding who is the
aggressor or who the aggressor is, or in fact if actions taken by Russia were
indeed a necessary evil. A major non-state actor that has been deciding what
is right and what is wrong for us has been the media. In this current Russia –
Ukraine crisis, Media has been playing a major role along with the other non-
state actors like think tanks, arm dealers in giving different perspectives to
war from Russian side, Chinese side, the Ukrainian or western side as well as
from non-aligned states like India.

Implications on International Relations.

Despite a section of people hailing Russia’s action in Ukraine as a ‘necessary
evil’, there has been an increasing disagreement against it. A reason for this is
the media’s projections of the war by the western media, touching upon
human sentiments. An example for this is the media projections of President
Zelenski, who often uses emotional pleas to gain different nations’ support.
During his speech to the congress, he appeared to be very disappointed and
emotional. In that emotional plea, he talked about how the current Russia –
Ukraine crisis was similar to the Pearl Harbour incident in America.
Apart from the portrayal of news, an organization called ‘stop fake org’ was
formed in the year 2014 by a joined efforts of students, professors, and
alumni of ‘KyivMohyla Academy’ to stop the spread of fake news. An article
titled ‘From “Destroy the Nazis” to “Destroy the Ukrainians”: how Kremlin
propaganda has changed in two months of the war’ explains how Russia used
media to influence the narrative on the crisis. According to Stopefakeorg,
some of the fake propaganda by Russian media included the alleged
development of biological weapons that was taking place in Ukraine’, the
usage of the article 51 of UN Charter by Russia to justify its actions on
claims of self-defense and how Ukraine bombed its own cities to blame
Russia for the same. It also talked about a campaign called ‘Stop hating
Russian’, which was allegedly made prominent through bots and usage of
algorithms
Stopfakeorg can be seen as a counter-effective method to media projections
by Russia. However, there is a possibility of stopfakeorg being used as a way
to show Russia in a bad light. Most of its recent articles were on fake news
being spread by the kremlin. Moreover, the main sponsors for the project of
stopfakeorg include organizations like ‘US National endowment for
Democracy’, ‘The German Marshall fund’ etc.
News media outlets like the Radio Free Europe which works on spreading
information in restricted areas are also currently being financed by the US
congress. At the beginning of the Russia –, Ukraine Crisis, Radio Free
Europe shut down most of its operations, and one of the reasons they said
was that it was due to a law signed by Putin to jail journalists that spread fake
news on Russia –Ukraine crisis. Here we can see how the west plays a major
role in investing in media and countering Russia in terms of the spread of
information.
Unlike countries like China which use strict measures for media censorship,
Russia focuses on handing out misinformation or blocking the information
flow. Russia has access to monitor all private communications and has a long
history of focusing on media in propagating and controlling the news.
Media is one of the biggest non-state actors in Russia and the utilization of
media in spreading state propaganda can be seen very clearly in this current
Russia-Ukraine war. An article titled ‘“What Russia Should do with
Ukraine’” by Timofey Sergeytsev in the Russian state-owned news agency
RIA Novosti conveys extreme ideas. It talks about the need to ‘denazificify’
Ukraine by highlighting Ukraine’s military actions in eastern Ukraine during
2014 as similar to genocide by Nazi Germany. Through the article, also says
that Ukraine hasn’t been able to build up the concept of a nation-state
throughout history and that any attempt to build a nation-state will result in
‘Nazism’. It also justifies acts of war during the Russia – Ukraine crisis as a
means of taking away areas from Ukraine, which apparently support the Nazi
ideology [2]. Another article called ‘Russia is responsible for Ukraine’s by
Petr Akopov published in RIA Novosti talks about the fall of the Soviet
Union in 1991 as a ‘tragedy’ and that Russia is currently building steps in the
reunification of the former Soviet Union state
Another prominent state-controlled news media outlet is the Russian Today.
In a recent article that came under the feature section titled ‘Sent to certain
death’: Why growing numbers of Ukrainian servicemen are refusing to fight
on the Donbas frontlines’ by Petr Lavrenin says that Ukraine forces serving
in the Donbas region of Ukraine are leaving their post due to lack of aid or
support from the government of Ukraine.
By looking at state-owned media websites of Russia, it can be seen that a
one-sided story is being portrayed in favour of Russia. Most of the content is
published without giving references which makes it hard for fact-checking
and since the media is state-controlled, Russia is always shown in a positive
light. These news articles mostly project radical views supporting Russia and
are written in a way such as to accelerate radical thinking and the views pre-
existing in people.
However, despite the control of Media by Russian authorities, people
involved in news media have been protesting the concept of state-controlled
media. During this ongoing Russia – Ukraine war, various Russian journalists
have been seen quitting on live TV. A famous incident was when ‘Marina
Ovasyannikova’ who was the editor for ‘channel one’ put an anti-war sign
live on air that read “They are lying to you here”.

Conclusion
Throughout the Russia – Ukraine crisis, the world has seen different
portrayals of events. Different countries have taken different stances against
the Russia – Ukraine crisis and it can see seen through their media portrayal
of the same. China, which silently supports Russia for its interests in Taiwan
as well as being an ally to Russia against western countries has been alleged
in spreading Pro Russian tweets through its social media platform called
Weibo. China however in terms of using its major state-controlled media
hasn’t been much biased in portraying events on the Russia – Ukraine crisis
Apart from the different political narratives of the Russia – Ukraine crisis,
media projections of the same have vastly ignored the humanitarian crisis.
Various citizens of Ukraine have been dead and injured, millions have
become refugees, and instances of rape and war crimes have been reported.
Media is a very powerful element in today’s society. In this modern age of
digitalization and the spread of social media, it is very easy for any citizen to
fall victim to algorithms and later into echo chambers. With different political
narratives and media bias in conveying world events, people can be easily
confused in shaping opinions and responding to the crisis. The current Russia
– Ukraine crisis has been a lesson to the world on how media through its
various elements can impact our ideologies and beliefs and make us view an
international event the way different blocks or states desire.