Ukraine reacts to fears of Russian invasion as troops build up at the border
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Re: Ukraine reacts to fears of Russian invasion as troops build up at the border
The Ukrainian Armed Forces is manufacturing fake news about Russian aircraft it shot down.
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The picture can be seen on https://therhk111philippinedefenseupdat ... craft.htmlThe rhk111 Philippine Defense Updates, March 8, 2022 wrote:Ukrainian Armed Forces caught manufacturing Fake News about a supposedly downed Russian Aircraft
An official Twitter Account of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with the Name Генеральний штаб ЗСУ (@GeneralStaffUA) was caught sharing Fake News about the shooting down of a Russian Aircraft recently.
The Account, which was verified as “Official” by Twitter and has a Blue Check Mark beside its name, shared a Picture on March 7, 2022 with a Caption that said, “… Another aircraft of the Russian Occupiers lands on Ukrainian Soil …”.
However, it was noticed by Netizens like the Intel Slava Z Account on Telegram that the Picture was derived from News Articles of a Russian Aircraft that was shot down over Turkey back in 2015.
The original Picture was modified in that it was flipped both Horizontally and Vertically, then darkened on some Parts to make it harder to track down that it was modified. But thanks to the internet, they were caught.
Now if the OFFICIAL Ukrainian Government is so desperate as to start making Fake News like this about the War, then it makes you wonder how much more they have made recently?
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Re: Ukraine reacts to fears of Russian invasion as troops build up at the border
Doesn't really matter when OSINT people are looking at photos of shot-down planes and counting the tail codes.
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Re: Ukraine reacts to fears of Russian invasion as troops build up at the border
Not really. It's about as credible as Powell at the UN, because it leaves out a lot of necessary detail. Perhaps the most important one being why the US would operate such things so close to Russia, in a territory to which Russia lays claim.
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Re: Ukraine reacts to fears of Russian invasion as troops build up at the border
So? Russian media is not reporting anything BUT fake news.Sidewinder wrote: ↑2022-03-10 06:31pm The Ukrainian Armed Forces is manufacturing fake news about Russian aircraft it shot down.
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Re: Ukraine reacts to fears of Russian invasion as troops build up at the border
Even if that’s a piece of Ukrainian fake news, so what?Sidewinder wrote: The Ukrainian Armed Forces is manufacturing fake news about Russian aircraft it shot down.
Putin is claiming Ukraine doesn’t have a right to exist, and is full of evilz USA chemical/biological weapons manufacturing + Nazi maternity wards that must be destroyed. Oh, and that Russia is not actually invading, merely sending hundred thousand + troops on a special military operation.
There’s a big difference between understanding Putin’s logic for the war (that he’d rather invade Ukraine than risk letting it join NATO) and agreeing with it, or actually buying into all his propaganda BS.
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Re: Ukraine reacts to fears of Russian invasion as troops build up at the border
There are websites devoted to documenting and cataloging all destroyed or abandoned russian equipment, with photographs.
There are 12 russian aircraft that can be proven to be shot down in ukraine, if an official Ukrainian twitter posted a different photo, it's not propaganda it's just fog of war.
https://www.oryxspioenkop.com/2022/02/a ... pment.html
There are 12 russian aircraft that can be proven to be shot down in ukraine, if an official Ukrainian twitter posted a different photo, it's not propaganda it's just fog of war.
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Re: Ukraine reacts to fears of Russian invasion as troops build up at the border
There is a certain amount of psychological aspect to it.
Russia is downplaying their loses in their own media. Fine. They are probably outright denying stuff people know is true.
For example, anyone associated with one of the down craft is going to know about it, even if Russia is denying it.
So, from the point of view of people that were connected to a downed craft - if Russia is denying that craft, and it's true, how much of the other stuff they are denying is true? COULD every downed Aircraft that Ukraine is claiming be true? Going up, are we going up to DIE?
Russia is downplaying their loses in their own media. Fine. They are probably outright denying stuff people know is true.
For example, anyone associated with one of the down craft is going to know about it, even if Russia is denying it.
So, from the point of view of people that were connected to a downed craft - if Russia is denying that craft, and it's true, how much of the other stuff they are denying is true? COULD every downed Aircraft that Ukraine is claiming be true? Going up, are we going up to DIE?
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Re: Ukraine reacts to fears of Russian invasion as troops build up at the border
Also makes a few Russian officials have to waste time confirming it's not legitimate.Dominus Atheos wrote: ↑2022-03-10 08:46pm There are 12 russian aircraft that can be proven to be shot down in ukraine, if an official Ukrainian twitter posted a different photo, it's not propaganda it's just fog of war.
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Re: Ukraine reacts to fears of Russian invasion as troops build up at the border
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Is the bit about the egg carton armor real?
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Re: Ukraine reacts to fears of Russian invasion as troops build up at the border
Sort of. Russian spaced Explosive Reactive Armor is supposed to include spacers that look like egg cartons, but the pictures look like it's only the egg carton shaped spacers and no actual armor:
There's supposed to be explody bits in that bag, that explode if they get hit and push the projectile away from the tank. There's no explody bits, just the egg carton-shaped cardboard spacers. This is what it should look like:
There's supposed to be explody bits in that bag, that explode if they get hit and push the projectile away from the tank. There's no explody bits, just the egg carton-shaped cardboard spacers. This is what it should look like:
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Re: Ukraine reacts to fears of Russian invasion as troops build up at the border
Pretty funny and uncanny predictions of the Ukraine war from 2021 by a former russian mp.
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Re: Ukraine reacts to fears of Russian invasion as troops build up at the border
Yeah, it's called "propaganda".Sidewinder wrote: ↑2022-03-10 06:31pm The Ukrainian Armed Forces is manufacturing fake news about Russian aircraft it shot down.
Plenty of people out there doing the work to confirm actual aircraft shot down.
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Re: Ukraine reacts to fears of Russian invasion as troops build up at the border
Sergei Lavrov claimed with a straight face to international diplomats that Russia hasn’t invaded Ukraine.Tribble wrote: ↑2022-03-10 07:28pmEven if that’s a piece of Ukrainian fake news, so what?Sidewinder wrote: The Ukrainian Armed Forces is manufacturing fake news about Russian aircraft it shot down.
Putin is claiming Ukraine doesn’t have a right to exist, and is full of evilz USA chemical/biological weapons manufacturing + Nazi maternity wards that must be destroyed. Oh, and that Russia is not actually invading, merely sending hundred thousand + troops on a special military operation.
There’s a big difference between understanding Putin’s logic for the war (that he’d rather invade Ukraine than risk letting it join NATO) and agreeing with it, or actually buying into all his propaganda BS.
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Almost like someone took the armor out and sold it off or something.....Dominus Atheos wrote: ↑2022-03-11 01:02am Sort of. Russian spaced Explosive Reactive Armor is supposed to include spacers that look like egg cartons, but the pictures look like it's only the egg carton shaped spacers and no actual armor:
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There's supposed to be explody bits in that bag, that explode if they get hit and push the projectile away from the tank. There's no explody bits, just the egg carton-shaped cardboard spacers. This is what it should look like:
(SNIPPED IMAGE)
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Re: Ukraine reacts to fears of Russian invasion as troops build up at the border
Well at least Russia is consistent. So what happened first, pissing themselves or splitting their sides laughing at him?Col. Crackpot wrote: ↑2022-03-11 11:19amSergei Lavrov claimed with a straight face to international diplomats that Russia hasn’t invaded Ukraine.Tribble wrote: ↑2022-03-10 07:28pmEven if that’s a piece of Ukrainian fake news, so what?Sidewinder wrote: The Ukrainian Armed Forces is manufacturing fake news about Russian aircraft it shot down.
Putin is claiming Ukraine doesn’t have a right to exist, and is full of evilz USA chemical/biological weapons manufacturing + Nazi maternity wards that must be destroyed. Oh, and that Russia is not actually invading, merely sending hundred thousand + troops on a special military operation.
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Re: Ukraine reacts to fears of Russian invasion as troops build up at the border
It seems Russia is trying to solve the conscript problem. Bolding is Mine.
Russia Is Recruiting Mercenaries
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The BBC has spoken to a serving mercenary and a former fighter with close links to one of Russia's leading mercenary organisations, who have shared details of the recruitment campaign.
The serving mercenary said many veterans of the secretive Wagner organisation were contacted on a private Telegram group a few weeks before the start of the war. They were invited to a "picnic in Ukraine", with references to tasting "Salo", a pork fat traditionally eaten in Ukraine.
The message appeals to "those with criminal records, debts, banned from mercenary groups or without an external passport" to apply. The message also included that "those from the Russian-occupied areas of Luhansk and Donetsk republics and Crimea - cordially invited.
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So, a merc could sign up for this with his buddies, go to the Ukraine, and surrender and then bugger off?
Now way this could backfire!
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Re: Ukraine reacts to fears of Russian invasion as troops build up at the border
It's more the type of people this will draw. Those who will have no compunction against committing crimes against civilians, whether it's theft, slaughter, or rape.
Seriously, think about it -- what crime did you commit to get kicked out of and Banned by a Mercenary Group?
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Re: Ukraine reacts to fears of Russian invasion as troops build up at the border
Amazing what botox will let you do!Col. Crackpot wrote: ↑2022-03-11 11:19am Sergei Lavrov claimed with a straight face to international diplomats that Russia hasn’t invaded Ukraine.
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Well the Chinese are probably going to charge him an arm and leg for it. All the juicy next gen military tech as a possibility? The Chinese would most certainly like all the schematics on the Russian jet engines.Col. Crackpot wrote: ↑2022-03-13 06:19pm https://www.washingtonpost.com/national ... itary-aid/
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Re: Ukraine reacts to fears of Russian invasion as troops build up at the border
Apparently there are "encouraging" signs about peace talks between the two countries, Russia is still demanding Ukraine never join NATO in exchange for withdrawing.
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I have got to say, as a finnish person we've lived all our lives with the thread of Russia on our borders and the idea has always been that if they attack, they'll steamroll us and our tactic basically to make them bleed for it, basically make the price so high it no longer seems palatable.
But after seeing the Russian army in action and learning just how hollow a shell it is of the red army that was. I don't really fear a russian attack anymore, I now believe if they tried, we'd curbstomp them so incredibly hard.
But after seeing the Russian army in action and learning just how hollow a shell it is of the red army that was. I don't really fear a russian attack anymore, I now believe if they tried, we'd curbstomp them so incredibly hard.
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Re: Ukraine reacts to fears of Russian invasion as troops build up at the border
You're also in the EU, so other EU states would be able to directly contribute as well.