“At first, the son took the munition in his hands and began to turn the ring. Then the serviceman took the grenade away from the child and pulled the ring, causing a tragic explosion,” Klymenko said.

Military culture and fetishism, not even once.

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    Am I being unreasonable if I think these outlets should make it crystal clear in the title whether it was an assassination or not?

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      Right now, I’m picturing a Joker situation where the kid get the grenade from a comically huge yellow and purple giftbox

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      Yes. It should be completely unambiguous, something like “Russia suspected in tragic birthday death of Ukrainian official.”

      That way, no one gets confused and their audience won’t get the wrong idea and start thinking for themselves or reading beyond the headline.