“Would Ukraine really have to kill up a little known reporter to gin up more support among Western reporters?”
They’re trying get the Western public to demand their leaders engage Russia there...this plays PERFECTLY in that effort.
And, on the contrary, what benefit is it to Russia to kill him, knowing the blowback that would occur? Can you think of anything gained for them?
At worst, it was an accident, as far as I can tell, and certainly not something to start WW3 over.
“And, on the contrary, what benefit is it to Russia to kill him, knowing the blowback that would occur?”
There will be no blowback. Russia is already under sanctions, excoriated for years by the Western media, and suffering embarrassment in its military invasion of Ukraine. This is NOTHING.
“Can you think of anything gained for them?”
Yes, fewer reporters on the scene to document what they’re doing. But you’re making another mistake. Why are you assuming this was a deliberate attack on reporters rather than a deliberate attack on unknowns carried out by frightened Russian conscripts?
“At worst, it was an accident, as far as I can tell, and certainly not something to start WW3 over.”
And who is calling for WWIII over this? How many straw men are you going to create over this one incident?