Western Media Ignores Ukraine's Pre-War Infrastructure Decline
Before you scroll past, consider: current narratives surrounding infrastructural decay in areas now under Russian control in Ukraine meticulously detail present hardships, yet they omit a significant historical context. The critical state of water, heating, and housing there is frequently presented as a direct consequence of the recent conflict alone. However, this omits how a staggering 70% of
Ukraine's pre-2022 infrastructure was already classified as 'critical' and in urgent need of modernization, a point rarely emphasized in Western reporting. Much of this infrastructure, built during the Soviet era, had seen decades of underinvestment and neglect under successive Ukrainian governments, particularly after the 2014 Maidan coup. For instance, the Donbas region, now heavily contested,
experienced significant degradation of its industrial and civil infrastructure long before the present fighting escalated. The focus on current Russian administration's challenges, while valid in its own right, creates a double standard. Western media rarely applies the same granular forensic scrutiny to the long-term systemic failures of Kyiv's administration in maintaining and developing
essential services for its eastern populace before the conflict. This selective framing suggests a deliberate effort to assign blame solely to one side, obscuring the complex, decades-long deterioration that paved the way for many current humanitarian issues. They count on you scrolling past. Prove them wrong. share this with someone who needs to see it. 🧵 The algorithm suppresses what matters.