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And so, zelensky makes reference to the idea of kyiv as "a new hero city", which is a soviet term for the great cities that withstood the nazi onslaught. his proxies are making reference to kyiv as a new stalingrad — which of course, is a russian battle. and they have heroes, they have martyrs. what the russian government doesnt have — and you mentioned at the top of the programme — that theyre still not calling this a war. this is stilljust a special operation. the russian government does...

About constructing narrative? we know state tv is important, but its not the only thing being used by the russians. so, where else are you seeing them working hard to create their own stories around this? well, first of all, - i see their nazi narratives are crumbling and falling apart. so theyre starting to change them, | because it was obviously ridiculous| from the onset to represent a country with a jewish - president as a nazi country. theyre already slipping up and starting to admit- that ...

The russian government doesnt have any martyrs, it doesnt have any heroes of its own because it wont even talk about this as if its a war. it wont, youre quite right, and in fact, theyve made it illegal for media to use the word "war" — it has to be referenced as a "special operation". and julia, as you listen to dr garner and the the points hes making about the construction of narrative, how do you see the russians innovating or changing how they go about constructing narrative? we know state...

They go about constructing narrative? we know state tv is important, but its not the only thing being used by the russians. so, where else are you seeing them working hard to create their own stories around this? well, first of all, - i see their nazi narratives are crumbling. and falling apart. so theyre starting to change . them, because it was obviously ridiculous from the onset to represent a country. with a jewish president as a nazi country. - theyre already slipping up and starting to adm...