Russia has stepped up its propaganda war over its invasion of Ukraine with the release of a 30-minute "education" video aimed at children entitled "a lesson about world peace".

Hosted by 12-year-old singing prodigy Sofia Khomenko, who in 2017 sang live on TV about her love for Russia, the Ministry of Education video dodged any mention of war.

Instead, it concentrated on reinforcing President Vladimir Putin's reasons for his "special operation" in Ukraine, to protect Russia's kinfolk from Nazis, and on spiking the evils of Western propaganda.

Read more here: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2022/03/03/russia-ukraine-war-propaganda-sofia-khomenko-denis-polunchukov/

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