Daily Star is very yellow, but them posting a picture of some fatass to laugh at isn’t key to anything.
Russia causing death, destruction and suffering is the important thing. It’s ugly and it is sad. Laughing at some fatso is just unimportant diversion.
It’s not the fact they posted a picture of a fat guy that’s the issue; it’s the fact they deliberately lied and deceived people about who he is.
When media propaganda misleads the public about the military condition of an ostensible opponent, it can drive them (or their political representatives) to further engage against a nation they’ve been led to believe is weaker than in actuality, which contributes to more of the death, destruction, and suffering you spoke of.
This is also notwithstanding the fact that, morally speaking, ANY falsehood should be rejected, regardless of the subject matter.
Neither Russia nor Ukraine are sinless in this conflict of theirs, and we have no business getting involved on one side or the other in yet another regional conflict between Slavs.