Political dishonesty
It appears, quelle surprise!, that the Russian population receives a different narrative on the war in Ukraine to the rest of us. But one military analyst, retired colonel Mikhail Khodarenok, gave a frank and forthright assessment of the situation on Russian state TV: we are in total political isolation and the whole world is against us, even if we don't want to admit it.
Was this a spontaneous, unprompted and unexpected wake-up call on Ukraine that slipped through the net? Or was it a planned burst of reality in order to prepare the Russian public for negative news on the progress of the "special military operation"?
Steve Rosenberg, Russia Editor, BBC News
The Russian people will fall broadly into two camps: those who'll refuse to believe it; and those who'll be crushed and angry that they've been deceived.
Politicians found to be lying shock
It's not much of a headline, is it?