We watched hours of broadcasts on Russian networks and spoke with expert fact checkers to understand how Russia is spinning the war it started in Ukraine. Coverage of Ukraine from Russia's Channel One is often at odds with reporting from the ground. A segment producer interrupted a live broadcast to call out the station for airing propaganda. At the start of the year, if you watched Channel One in Russia, you could find a Russian-language version of Sesame Street, Russian reality shows and Brazilian telenovelas. The channel broadcasts coverage of Russia's Special Military operation in Ukraine. Channel One's updates have offered a flattering take on the news that's often at odds with reporting from the ground. Russian media covers the war in a sanitized and distorted way. Channel One is the most popular state-run station in the country. Russian TV reported the Kremlin's official number of dead and wounded Russian soldiers on March 25. NATO put the number of Russian military deaths in Ukraine at between 7,000 and 15,000. Channel One shows a row of soldiers in hospital gowns in Moscow receiving medals for bravery, instead of coffins and funerals. Most of the missing limbs are below the knee. A segment on Channel One states that Satanists working for a private military contractor made up of former American special forces soldiers are worshiping the devil. The Russian Defense Ministry says tactical aircraft have destroyed 83 military targets in Ukraine. There are videos on social media showing airport landing strips filled with Russian military vehicles that are on fire. In Ukrainian streets and farmers fields there are a lot of tanks and choppers that have been blown to smithereens. The Ukrainian intelligence agency posts what it claims are tapped phone calls of Russian forces talking to their relatives. Russia's mainstream media does not mention this. The only break in Channel One's carefully scheduled programming was when state television editor and segment producer Maria Ovsyannikova interrupted a live broadcast in mid-March to denounce the war and call out the station for airing propaganda. A handwritten poster with the words "They are lying to you here" written in Russian was held up by the host and 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 888-270-6611 Since 2000, when Putin took control of the Kremlin, the fixture on Russian broadcasts who has read the news on Channel One's evening broadcast has posted a livestream to her personal social media accounts. I will never agree with what that woman wrote. We check everything. In a video clip posted on Telegram, Andreeva said that her correspondents are out in all the hot spots and that video material confirms everything. On the next day, Channel One broadcasted and covered President Putin's speech where he baselessly claimed that Ukraine was committing genocide against Russians and wanted to build nuclear weapons. Putin told viewers that Ukraine has biowarfare labs intent on spreading deadly diseases, a piece of propaganda that has also spread among far-right and Qanon conspiracy movements in the United States. Channel One broke to a panel show called "The Great Game" in between the constant broadcast of Special Military Operation news. A Russian lawmaker hosts a show with up to a half dozen other people standing around a video map showing the invasion of Ukraine. Panelists offer their expertise and analysis in loud and angry voices. They pound a hand on the table. They are against traitors, whip up threats, and claim that the US and Ukraine are training migratory birds to spread bioweapons that will cause victims to lose their Slavic identity and dislike traditional dishes. 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