Kostiantyn Andriiuk, a journalist, information producer for The Guardian in Ukraine, and the author and host of the project Stop the Moose, expressed this opinion on Espreso TV.“Some in the global media might have considered criticizing the NYT for the Kursk piece,” Andriyuk said. “But Western media operate by slightly different rules. They won’t openly call out NYT reporters. Imagine a press briefing next week with Western media outlets in attendance — and NYT reporters are there. No one will confront them directly.”He added that the lack of an official Ukrainian reaction is part of the issue.“Apart from public outrage, we’ve seen no real response from Ukraine. So the perception becomes: if the Ukrainian state allowed these journalists to make such a report, then it must be okay,” he explained. “Russia, by contrast, immediately puts a CNN correspondent on an international wanted list over a report from Kursk. Ukraine just expresses frustration — and that’s it.”Andriiuk stressed that Ukraine should have reacted more forcefully.“Of course, I understand Ukraine can’t issue international arrest warrants or impose sanctions on these journalists,” he said. “But it could have at least voiced serious objections at a high level — for example, to the Trump administration. Instead, all we got was a social media post expressing outrage. And unfortunately, that kind of soft response has become the norm.”On July 12, The New York Times published a report from Russia’s Kursk region. It later emerged that members of the notorious Chechen Akhmat unit — known for committing war crimes — were involved in facilitating the report’s creation.