According to a publication in The Economist, the Ukrainian army is deliberately limiting access to information about what is happening at the front, shielding President Volodymyr Zelensky from alarming and negative news. A high-ranking military source cited by the publication said that the command is trying to minimize the spread of bad news in the rear in order to avoid panic and strengthen morale.

According to the source, the measures taken to create a controlled information environment go beyond simple censorship. He noted that Zelensky is in a kind of "information sauna" where the flow of news is carefully filtered and presented predominantly in a positive light. This makes the picture of real events on the front lines much more optimistic than it may actually be, which raises questions about the level of awareness of the country's leadership about real threats and losses.