"The first casualty when war comes is truth." I was too young to follow the Iraq invasion as it happened, only look back on it sometimes as a clear example. No

"The first casualty when war comes is truth." I was too young to follow the Iraq invasion as it happened, only look back on it sometimes as a clear example. Now with the Ukraine war, while I understand it's a different situation from Iraq, I don't expect our news to faithfully report any facts that could possibly be used to support the Russian narrative. Among the first mainstream reports here were straight martyr propaganda about the Snake Island guards, repeating unconfirmed reports of their deaths later found incorrect. And anyone pushing the Russian side isn't more trustworthy. I give the overall US-Ukraine side in this conflict the benefit of the doubt only because I knew enough about Putin's antics before the war started, otherwise I'd honestly be lost.