Not smoke and mirrors. Fresh human blood is difficult to mimic. And the Zelensky regime has put out directives to cool it with the savage videos (bad press), but the Azov types resent suppression of their glory, so they do it anyway. You can bet the Russians take it seriously. (They have been treating their Ukrainian POWs decently according to the accords of war, punctilious to the letter. The POWs are a little surprised at how decently they are being treated.)
Not smoke and mirrors. Fresh human blood is difficult to mimic. And the Zelensky regime has put out directives to cool it with the savage videos (bad press), but the Azov types resent suppression of their glory, so they do it anyway. You can bet the Russians take it seriously. (They have been treating their Ukrainian POWs decently according to the accords of war, punctilious to the letter. The POWs are a little surprised at how decently they are being treated.)