We are all familiar with meandering deadlines at work, but while all we experience are minor inconveniences, Russia’s journalists are facing the same uncertainty that looms over the world.
An anonymous whistleblower—a journalist for the television channel Russia 1—told ITV News that on the day of the invasion they were given instructions from the “big bosses” to work only on news of the war, and not other news.
“We expected the war to go on for one week…our manager told us it would be over by March 8 and then we could return to our normal work on musical and dance programmes.”
This has proven to be an inaccurate assessment of the length of the conflict.
This information shows that the heads of the Russian media and military were expecting a smooth and swift victory in the invasion.
On the 8 March, however, the National Guard Chief of Russia Viktor Zolotov, speaking at a church service, commented that “not everything is going as fast as we like.”
This is at odds with Russia’s Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu’s earlier assessment to Putin that “everything is going according to plan”.
This comes in conjunction with Ukrainian forces gaining back their ground on up to 21 miles (35km) east of Kyiv, said the UK’s Ministry of Defence in an intelligence update dated on 25 March.
Either way, it is very clear that Russia’s expectations of a quick resolution in its favour do not line up with reality, especially as the one-month mark of the conflict comes and goes with no...
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