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North Korea unveiled a new Pyongyang housing district for families of soldiers killed while fighting with Russian forces in Ukraine. Kim Jong-un and his daughter Kim Ju-ae toured Saeppyol Street and pledged support, framing the project as honoring “young martyrs.” Analysts view the move as a calculated propaganda effort to bolster internal unity and justify troop deployments ahead of a major ruling party congress.
"Special Ops: Lioness," the latest series by Taylor Sheridan for Paramount+, features a multiplicity of female leads but fails to provide nuanced depictions of women. Loosely based on a real CIA program, the show follows an initiative that embeds undercover agents with high-value terrorism targets. However, the series is criticized for being an unabashed work of military propaganda, positioning the United States Armed Forces as the "strong" protectors of the weak. The show lacks curiosity about the circumstances that pit the Lioness team against the Islamic State in Iraq and instead presents a vision of U.S. hegemony. Despite the presence of Nicole Kidman, the show's right-wing overtones and stereotypically masculine conflicts undermine its attempt at pop feminism.
Ukraine's commander in chief, Gen. Valerii Zaluzhyni, hinted at an imminent counteroffensive against Russia's occupying forces in a slickly produced military propaganda video. The video features Ukrainian troops training and preparing for battle, using German tanks and American artillery and rocket launchers. Despite the language used, Zaluzhyni's post made no explicit mention of an impending military operation, and there have been few details reported on the ground of specific build-ups of troops and weapons. Both Russia and Ukraine have been known to engage in disinformation campaigns to confuse enemy forces.