In Europe’s first full-scale ground war in a generation, the two sides are trying to marshal modern media to their advantage—and the world is responding.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, in invading neighboring Ukraine, has wielded the Kremlin’s vast communications apparatus and an army of online trolls to portray the Russian military as a peacekeeping force deployed to protect Russian-speaking Ukrainians.

This post first appeared on wsj.com

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