Only when Moscow confirmed missile strike did most Russian media begin coverage
Photograph: Genya Savilov/AFP/Getty ImagesPhotograph: Genya Savilov/AFP/Getty ImagesThe horror that unfolded when a Russian missile struck a shopping mall in the Ukrainian city of Kremenchuk was shown around the world. But if you were watching Russian television that day, you would probably have seen nothing about it.
The blackout extended far beyond state-owned media. Private radio, online and print media also toed the Kremlin line, with tabloids such as the pro-Kremlin Komsomolskaya Pravda and the business daily Kommersant ignoring the strike. Even private newswires such as Interfax did not mention it until Tuesday, carefully presenting their pieces as responses from Russian officials calling the attack a fake.
“This is the building they’re talking about,” a reporter intoned with derision. “Western channels have presented it all as though our military hit a civilian building. But the rockets were actually Ukrainian and the building, according to available information, was empty since April.”
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