Instead of compassion towards the innocent victims, understanding for the criminals is widespread. The whole world shudders as it watches real-time coverage with corpses on the streets of Bucha, buildings on fire in Kyiv and Kharkiv, demolished hospitals and schools, burning cars, civilians sheltering from the Russian shells in underground stations and millions of refugees leaving their country, but the hearts of Serbian Putinophiles leap for joy. Whereas demonstrations in support of the Ukrainians have been held in numerous cities around the world, mass rallies were organised in Belgrade at which the crowd cheered Vladimir Putin and the letter Z – the symbol of the Russian "special military operation" – was drawn on the asphalt. The editors and journalists of these disinformation media have fallen into a deep trance – the killing of civilians, levelling of cities and destruction of cultural monuments and churches fills them with enthusiasm and exuberance. Tabloids, web portals, dailies, weeklies and nationwide television channels celebrate the destruction of Ukrainian cities and give wholehearted support to the Russian armed forces to persevere in the campaign against their neighbouring country. Whereas the whole world has united in condemning Russia’s aggression against Ukraine, the media under the control of Aleksandar Vučić have turned to unfettered glorification of the crimes. Rather, but is a stark expression of the Putinophilia that has reigned in Serbia for many years.
This surreal title is no exception in the media representation of the war in Ukraine. “Ukraine attacks Russia!” was the headline of a February issue of Informer, the most popular tabloid in Serbia, whose owner and editor has been a confidant of President Aleksandar Vučić for decades.
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