Russia uses Orwellian propaganda news vans in Mariupol
by Andrew Roth from World news | The Guardian on (#5ZNVV)
Large TVs play Russian state news in support of invasion in war-torn city still lacking electricity and water
Russia has deployed mobile propaganda vans with large-screen televisions to humanitarian aid points in the captured city of Mariupol as the Kremlin has pushed forward with efforts to integrate newly occupied territories across the south of Ukraine.
Videos published by the Russian ministry of emergency situations showed the vans, which it called mobile information complexes", playing state TV news segments and political chat shows where pundits support the invasion to locals in the ruined city that still lacks electricity and running water.
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