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bbg2401 | 4 months ago

> In a post on X on Monday morning, Mr Zelensky said: “In the fourth year of the full-scale war, Russia continues to obtain components for producing weapons... “During the massive combined strike on Ukraine on the night of October 5, Russia used 549 weapon systems containing 102,785 foreign-made components — from companies in the United States, China and Taiwan, the United Kingdom, Germany, Switzerland, Japan, the Republic of Korea, and the Netherlands.”

The editorialized focus on British parts being found is being highlighted over other countries for some peculiar reason. For fun, have a read though the numerous printings of this story, each vying for the most evocative sub-headline.

My winner is Nancy Fielder's effort at https://www.nationalworld.com/news/british-parts-found-in-ru...

> British firms are making money supplying weapon parts for Russian drones which are killing children in Ukraine.

No mention of the aforementioned other allies whose unspecified components were found.

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detaro|4 months ago

Truly mysterious why UK publications would highlight the UK angle of a story.

bbg2401|4 months ago

I don't think evocative sub-headlines without providing context can be considered highlighting any particular aspect of the story in a useful or meaningful way.

The international outlets have done far better at communicating this story.

cjbenedikt|4 months ago

Well, certainly US publications wouldn't do that if it came to US parts, would they?