Russian invasion of Ukraine

To translate what you have said - you are sorry that images of the death and mutilation of non -combatants may reflect badly on your government.

It’s very difficult for me to not get very annoyed by this. Basically you are an apologist for the images. The images are real and the death of ‘real’ people is not something to be taken lightly. These images, according to you, are a tool which your government uses to revive Cold War issues??? They are much more to an that - they are images of the death and suffering of human beings. These unfortunate people have friends and families - a concept you clearly have no idea about.
It’s all a conspiracy between the USA and Russia played out in some form of mythical game. It’s not! People are dying and have died as a result of this Russian invasion.
You cannot justify one part of this, historically or otherwise.
You are a disgrace.

the thought that the propagation of the horrible images we've all been seeing lately might be being used as a tool by my government to revive cold-war tensions

I think that the infinitely more likely scenario is that you are in a majority white country and imagines of white people in Europe suffering resonates more. No offence intended, but are you sure they are more present, or are you just noticing them more? Your peers are probably sharing them more too.

But overall the main reason I suspect is that social media algorithms are specifically designed to be as viral as possible. They have learnt that extremism sells, and have no doubt worked out that based on where you live these images generate content.

If your government wants to stoke Cold War tensions all it needs to do is talk about it in their press statements and interviews. They don't need to hack social media infrastructure and reduce the image censorship.