They sunk a good portion of foreign aid on shilling.

For instance the "r/combatfootage" subreddit (at least for the first week and a half) was actively deleting every thread that showed any Ukrainian losses. They had automod just delete threads with too many downvotes so basically every video was showing Russians losing in some way.

Very messed up because during every other way you'd get more or less balanced videos and not just obvious one-sidedness.