doesn't have to. the war in ukraine/russia was on the minds of, according to exit polls, less than 0.1% of voters. everyone who cares is bored of it, while everyone else is more concerned about local economic conditions. it's pretty much universally accepted that russia's military is ineffective and that no progress is going to be made, regardless of what shitflingers want to discuss, so nobody really cares. it's one of the least cared about political topics and it was actually hurting the polls of whoever talked about it, no matter which stance they took. running headline after headline on it would plummet clicks, which means the media won't do it.
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