Fact Check: General Syrsky, Hero of Kiev or Butcher of Bakhmut?

The mainstream media have spent the better part of a day pumping up newly appointed Ukrainian Armed Forces commander-in-chief Oleksandr Syrsky as a modern-day von Clausewitz, hailing him as the commander almost singlehandedly responsible for the defense of Kiev during the first weeks of the conflict with Russia. Here’s what such reports are hiding.