Propaganda is a constant, whether a war is justified or not. The bayoneting babies thing was a lie. But the overall injustice of the invasion is widely agreed. You have a look through the propaganda to get at the truth.
The same goes for the current situation. The ghost of kyiv or snake island are examples of propaganda that should be ignored. But they don't change the fact that Russia is prosecuting and illegal and unjust war against a sovereign nation.
'Fog of war', 'Truth is the first casualty of war'... it typically takes quite a long time for the truth to emerge about what actually occurred but 'A lie can travel halfway around the world before the truth can get its boots on' - or in the case of Twitter be overwhelmingly promoted as 'the truth' with surrounding arguments and accusations hanging off that 'truth' within hours.
The latest fiasco with Democrat Tulsi Gabbard pointing out labs should not be operating with dangerous pathogens in a hot war zone being mangled by Republican Mitt Romney as 'treason' is a current example - a misinformed online audience react furiously to something that was never said.
"Across the ideological spectrum, there’s broad agreement that the first Gulf War was 'worth fighting.'"
"Most countries condemned Iraq’s 1990 invasion of Kuwait."
That seems to support my assertion that it is widely agreed that Iraq's invasion was unjust, right? I'm not saying that literally everyone agrees it was unjust. Only that most folks do.
The same goes for the current situation. The ghost of kyiv or snake island are examples of propaganda that should be ignored. But they don't change the fact that Russia is prosecuting and illegal and unjust war against a sovereign nation.