No need to favor either of the sides. It's 2025 and both are already complicit in atrocities.

How likely was Ukraine losing 50k soldiers, while Russia has over one million? Probably there's no such chance. That's blatant ukrainian propaganda.

How likely a cannibal was recruited in Russia, did eat his comrade, and the rumor was intercepted? Well, it's possible.

Edit: I agree that broadcasting the intercepted messages is indeed a piece of propaganda. But I claim that it might be rooted in the reality