The propaganda is that Kyiv was merely a diversion and that the real war is about to start now. The reality is that Russia tried really hard to take Kyiv and se

The propaganda is that Kyiv was merely a diversion and that the real war is about to start now. The reality is that Russia tried really hard to take Kyiv and several other cities and failed due to a combination of their own incompetence and absolutely inspired Ukrainian defense, so instead they resorted to just bombing cities into dust. The many civilian casualties, and munitions quite obviously targeted at civilians, have been widely reported.