Emotionally hard video, but a good report on current events.
https://www.instagram.com/tv/Cbm3o1wswYF/
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A little something for the cat people #2
Happier Times---cat street art in Kyiv, Ukraine.
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Love that place, I hope it will stay intact. Some time ago I 3dscanned one of the benches there https://skfb.ly/6CODy
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJ1PDP28iHI
Brave Ukrainian heli pilots launched a successful special military operation on Russian soil.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-60952125
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https://edition.cnn.com/europe/live-news/ukraine-russia-putin-news-04-1-22/h_c0b0066ed832822b974bc285fb0f1009
4 min ago
Fire breaks out at a Russian fuel depot near Ukrainian border
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Vyacheslav Gladkov, governor of Belgorod region, accused Ukraine of being behind the blaze without providing further evidence.
“The fire at the oil depot occurred as a result of an air strike coming from two helicopters of the Ukrainian Armed Forces which entered the territory of the Russian Federation flying at a low altitude. There are no victims,” said Gladkov.
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CNN has sought comment from Ukraine regarding reports of a purported strike by Ukrainian helicopters on the fuel storage facility in Belgorod.
Bohdan Senyk, the head of the public affairs department of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, said there was "no information" about the incident.
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There seems to be a perception that Russia was destroyed by Ukraine.
Ukrainian public relations officials have made statements that seem to have no idea.
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Be sure to check the latest information.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8F45FHLpKtI
Also CNN.
Russia "This could hurt the negotiations."
Man, the hypocrisy of these guys is beyond belief.
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Probably counterattacks aren't legal in a 'special operation'. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Defence ministry spokesperson, Oleksandr Motuzyanyk, told a briefing:
Ukraine is currently conducting a defensive operation against Russian aggression on the territory of Ukraine, and this does not mean that Ukraine is responsible for every catastrophe on Russia’s territory …
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I will not confirm or deny these allegations.
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Text book false flag operation.
Next we know Russia says Ukraine is not playing fair, attacking them when they so graciously left them alone and will relaunch attack once regrouped...
Or at this stage starting to use chemical or nuclear weapons even. Putin having chaos in his bunker and being somewhat secluded from what's happening might be a loose cannon.
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ben laden successful special military operation on twins buildings on 11.09 date
logic?
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Well Bin Laden tried to cause as many civilian caualties as possible in its attacks and so does Russia in Ukraine with its random shelling of buildings.
Therefor we can conclude that both have a strategy of terror.
Conclusion both are terrorists.
But one man's terrorist is the other guys freedom fighter.
You are likely to see both as freedom fighters.
Last conclusion, the FBI has you on all sort of watch lists as a avid supporter of terrorists... i mean freedom fighters.
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But one man's terrorist is the other guys freedom fighter.// u mean healicopetr is freadom figter - and the other is the terrrist?
both was not on the battlefield
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The helicopter attacked a logistics target. ( not terrorist act)
Unlike the Russians that bombed hospitals and a building that was clearly marked as a shelter for families and children. ( terrorist act)
Are you going to make the argument now that in war only Russia can attack and blow up things?
And start crying when Ukraine fights back?
Probably...
Like I said you believe your Russians terrorists are freedom fighters. I understand that.
Your nonsensical replies already prove that you have lost the argument.
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Russians terrorists are freedom fighters == i asked about 9.11 in amerika....
u derailed.
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No, I made conclusion as you asked.
You dont like them / cant rebuke and as your kind usually does then... ignores.
And then you derailed you little bozo.
Nonsensical replies as usual, thats why no one takes you serious over here..
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Conclusion both are terrorists. /// terrorist? - ukranian terrorist?
call UNN, i want be in TV
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imagine the amount of anger when all those people find out that they have been lied to
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I'd take that result with a grain of salt.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-37278649
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Not really surprising with the level of propaganda going on in Russia. We have the best example right here in this thread.
Going out of their way to paint USA and EU as evil and calling UA nazi state and how poor Russia is being attacked and provoked. They have been zombified to think everyone is against them. We already see this in russian (and non-russian) people in neighboring countries of russia that get the propaganda channels. They all have irrational hatred towards anything remotely "western"
And of course sanctions and support for UA is turned against poor russian people and how they are being subjected to russophobia of west.. They are being fed so many lies they dont even realize its a war and even if UA was full blown nazi state, this unprovoked attack was in no way justified.
PS. And this in no way means I support what USA has done in wars or in ways of propaganda. so don't even waste time typing your whatabaoutism (not directed at AmanoTC, but in general). But the level of propaganda , it's content and consequences of speaking against it is radically different to what's going on in Russia. So of course there is propaganda on both sides (you are not some special genius for pointing that out), but the cultures and accessibility to information affect how propaganda is perceived.
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Half a year ago Valery Fedorov, head of wciom (government organization who organize polls) complained that citizens refuse to participate in polls, he said that only 3 of 10 people agreed to answer questions. Right now according to Russian Field organization the percent of people refusing to participate sometimes reaches 97%.
Here is the link to the study of reasons why (in russian) https://russianfield.com/strashnievoprosy
At a time when you can get sentenced just for calling a war a war you won't get accurate poll numbers in Russia.
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Because that would discredit the results.
As it`s usually quoted : “There are three kinds of lies: Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics”
Hide a little fact and your numbers will look brilliant for whichever side decides to hide what.
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That's a great point. When you live in a free country, you tend to forget that polls rely on freedom of speech for results.
And I don't even trust polls from "free countries" because there are a number of psychological and sociological factors that are non quantifiable that are completely ignored, not to mention question manipulation to get to a specific result...
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Are they the same people who give 98% approval to Putin?
Polls in countries ruled by dictators are notoriously unreliable.
Say you live in a country where you can actually be arrested just for disagreeing with your government, you get an email or a phone call from someone presenting themselves as "an independent polling institute" assuring you the results are "anonymous and confidential", and they ask you if you agree with your dictator in chief... what are the odds you're going to disagree?
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I would think it's pretty much like in the polls... the only ones speaking out are the ones in favor of the war.
Much like Trump supporters believed they were the majority before the 2020 elections because they were non stop posting about it 24/7
If 80% of Russians really support it, I feel for the remaining 20%. Regardless I don't really care as long as this madness stops.
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No need to overthink this because if this poll is true, Putin doesn't need to control Russian media, block foreign media and jail Russian peace protesters. Time will tell how much Putin believes this poll.
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omg never believe Russian statistics. they fake election results here, they put you in jail for the opposite opinion, there is no freedom of speech, and you write about some kind of poll. I agree that a lot of people really support the war, there is a very strong propaganda in Russia. but it only works for dumb people. if you are told that there are only Putin lovers around you, then of course you will feel lonely. this is one of the psychological techniques against liberals
moreover, LEVADA CENTER is known for its fake polls. this is already to some extent a meme that 80% of the population loves Putin. take any poll for any years and there will most likely be about 80
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you know, when you live in Russia, you are used to not trust anyone. especially the state and polls. there is so much corruption that another suspicious blogger or poll causes instinctive distrust. liberal media can also serve fake news, but there is obviously more trust in them
I once got a call with a survey, but I was afraid to answer
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I've been asked by Q09066930 to duplicate my message here. So, there you go.
"I do understand your reaction, but as a political scientist I'd like to correct you in some moments.
First of all, Levada Center is part of a so-called "Bolshaya troyka" - 3 main sociological research organizations. Two of these organizations - FOM and VTsIOM - are state-owned institutions. Levada is de jure independent, but in fact it is controlled by the Kremlin, just like all "opposition parties" in State Duma. Therefore, I would be wary of data coming from Levada. I mean, just look at how they frame their questions. They ask people whether they support the actions of the Russian troops in Ukraine or not. But the thing is, if you answer no, then this is considered a crime under the laws of Russia. That's why many of those who don't support war don't participate in polls or don't answer such questions. This was confirmed by many REALLY independent politicians who conducted their own polls (f.e. Navalny and his team, Maxim Katz). According to Katz, out of the 31,000 people who participated in his survey, 29,000 refused to answer.
Secondly, I would like to point out that sociology doesn't work during the war. The aggressive side (in this case, Russia) uses formative sociology. Its goal is not to find out the truth, but to manage public opinion. Simply put, it's a propaganda tool which aims to form the necessary ideas and perceptions among the population.
Once again, I do not want to say that Russia and the russians are not to blame. I just wanted to show that the situation is more ambiguous and that we can't know for sure if ordinary russians support this war".
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I found this on Arte: https://www.arte.tv/en/videos/108691-001-A/tracks/
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If you want to know the truth in detail and real analysis, then you need to watch the Russian media.
That's the best April's fools joke I read today. Not to mention the most ironic one because you do believe the BBC is fabricating news as the UK is taking sides but we are supposed to believe the Russian media when they are actually in a country that is a "side" of the conflict?
Because Russian media would be detached right?
terrorist groups in Ukraine
Nice try. When your country is invaded, it's called resistance.
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The obituaries of all these VDV 331st regiment soldiers are publicly available on Russian social media and news sites. This BBC report is largely based on these obituaries and comments under them so I don't know what your point is. I think with your comments you are disrespecting these Russian soldiers who died in Ukraine.
Ukraine has been at war for 8 years, the defense of Russia is not an invasion.
That's funny because all the military action happens inside the internationally recognized borders of Ukraine. (Same goes for the 2014 events.) It"s a textbook example of an invasion.
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Fin7 is like that woman at 7:52 in the video.
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Cute, you really seem to think that your words might still have any value or effect. Maybe it pleases others, licking Putin's boots as much as you do, but that's all you achieve. You already posted so much nonsense weeks ago, how could you possibly expect to still have any credibility. Even if you would have any correct information to share, I simply wouldn't bother because it's coming from you.
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Lol, just your comment about Hitler's accomplices alone is enough to confirm my expressed opinion about you.
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Hey to anyone reading Fin7 comments - spoiler alert : it's all propaganda lies
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Great success. You are the only one who is so smart. I wish I was so great at analyzing data and coming to conclusions so well. I'm jealous of your genius.
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Yeah I think this really deserves a spot on the Ignore list. No arguing with fools.
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He stops arguing if he knows you muted him, so pretty likely he's trying to present his 200 comments every day, to get paid, like tons of people do in russian troll forces. I refuse to believe someone could actually be THIS thick.
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I refuse to believe someone could actually be THIS thick.
I like your optimism. Unfortunately it's the age of the internet for everyone. Could be he just wanted to have the last word because... that means you win the argument right?
Anyway I can't decide which is sadder: that people would get paid to spread that kind of nonsense, that others would believe that obvious propaganda, or that someone would spread it for free all on their own.
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Decided to do a little recap from my side as well - Sorry OP and others for opening and feeding another discussion with Fin7...
Not confirmable so don't take it as absolute truth, but allegedly Gerasimov (not the dead one of course) has promised putin that they will relocate forces to Kharkiv and east part of Donbas and is vouching his position that they will win with approximately 5000 losses on their side. No confirmation whether putin has accepted this or this talk has even taken place, but this is circulating around. IMO might contradict a bit with assumption putin is not aware of the actual losses, but things change all the time. There are also talks about giving Mariupol another strike to try to stop UA forces there.
So KRemlin trolls dont scream wEsTeRn PrOpAgAnDa at me - here is a look from both sides - Arestovych is claiming russia doesn't have backup forces to replenish their UA attacking forces. Info from russias side speaks differently - might be around 20-30 battalions at russias disposable still. Also in the night there have been reports that in BY there are about 50 units moving in to the border with S300 systems.
Basically peace talks are a fad and russians will most likely continue to bomb whatever they can. But at least the falling back of russian forces has allowed UA to strengthen their lines as well.
Now the interesting part - the fuel depot in russia. UA is taking an interesting position. They are not playing any Ghost of Kyiev propaganda, but neither confirming nor denying their involvement, but just stating that russia is responsible for finding out what happened there. There has also been reports of something blowing up in Kursk (but havent seen anything specific relating to that). That is near the border as well.
As for the fuel depot - why it's interesting - basically trolls and Kremlin are of course blaming UA for flying in and blowing it up - BUUT according to the trolls and kremlin all of the airforce of UA has been destroyed. Also that means UA was able to fly in within Russias airspace without being identified AND were able to fly away without being identified. If UA did that, it shows how weak russia really is military wise, but that surely seems overly too fishy. It smells more and more like false flag operation. But if UA truly where able to attack Russias soil it just shows how weakened the military is on RU side. Either way it shows more and more vulnerabilities in the RU propaganda AND military.
According to west (so of course take it with a grain of salt) the situation in putins bunker has escalated. putin is getting paranoid and is searching for western spies who have leaked information about his UA plans to the west. MI6 is considering that trust between putin and his generals is quickly deteriorating. Shoigu and putin is presumably are having their own cold war between them. So this can either end very badly for putin or this might be an incentive to actually deal with this diplomatically instead of ways of war. Of course this is a guessing game as people dont know what is actually going on in the putlers bunker, so you can stop right now and dont scream western propaganda. This is just what is being analyzed and predicted by MI6 and other military/political establishments around the world. At least we dont get jailed or poisoned for speaking against it.
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As far as I am aware that might be propaganda as well. You have absolutely zero proof any of the videos you have posted are real. As a matter of fact most of what you post here actually is known propaganda so sorry for my skepticism regarding anything you post.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ukraine-russia-war-azov-battalion-putin-premise-war-vs-nazis/
https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-europe-60853404
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20220325-azov-regiment-takes-centre-stage-in-ukraine-propaganda-war
Azov is one military group that has zero influence. You are literally peddling the kremlins propaganda which is for the whole world known to distort truth but hey, you are the smart one and we - paid western trolls - are the stupid ones right ? If you dont analyze and instantly shoot down the articles I sent you then you will singlehandedly prove your previous statement of how you analyze everything false.
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Even USA officially recognized Azov Battalion as terrorists and neo-Nazis back in 2015
Did I say they don't exist ? Russia is peddling lies that UA is controlled by nazis. which is absolute bullshit. But of course I'm wrong :) How foolish of me
As for propaganda - staging a video is as easy as coming up with propaganda article. Russians (and in no lesser extent USA) are overly too good with false flag operations. Just do some shit - claim to the locals how it was the evil UA nazis and film the reaction. If Azov is enough for Russia to start war then I do believe Wagner group is good enough reason to drop a nuke on Kremlin heh ? Or do you have double standards and think putler can have nazis in his personal guard but has to destroy a whole country based on one unit in UA ?
PS. Kadyrov ? The same asswipe who has constantly staged photos of being in the middle of action while actually being somewhere away from front lines ? Hes an absolute shitstain and you can't drop lower then taking anything he posts as truth.
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there are much more neo-Nazis or people with similar views in Russia, including officials. it is enough to read the comments or watch TV, where Russians are elevated among other nations. people support the destruction of Ukraine in order to save Ukrainians. sounds like a good plan
Kadyrov is probably even worse than Putin
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Putin's good friend of the Wagner group who is very great nazi
Zieg heil za Russia and their neo-nazi Zombie army
Z Z Z ...
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for me, this was the most idiotic news in recent times (although does it happen otherwise?). you destroyed all aviation and 2 helicopters flew to you across half of Ukraine and no one noticed? yes, it sounds very convincing
in theory, there are several options here - hiding corruption, fake propaganda, a reason for mobilization (and now it's also the spring conscription, but we remember that there are no conscripts in Ukraine, right?) or was it really an attack, which indicates the total failure of the Russian army
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All in all three scenarios :
- UA did it, which pokes wholes in RUS propaganda and shows the weakening of RUS military
- False flag operation, which as you point out might be good enough reason to sway russian people opinion on UA and actually start mobilization (which I didnt want to point out in my initial comment as I find it a bit far fetched, but I suppose it is still a possibility). Just see Fin7 .... all he needs is a message from putin how evil UA nazis are attacking russian soil and I don't doubt russian people would support the war even more
- Russians are actually sabotaging their own equipment (this is less likely, but could prove to be tragic to RUS)
IMO it's most likely false flag to rile up russian people even more. but just my guess.. who knows
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Aaaaand here comes the troll.
now there will be complete annihilation.
that's just so typical to putin. Agree to peace talks. Agree to fall back, do false flag operation, rile up people and try to make it look like UA is at fault for failed negotiations.
Did you forget that russians are still bombing cities ? How come they can bomb the shit out of UA during peace negotiations ? You are hypocritical not to say more :)
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Oh, right, 8 years. If not for Strelkov and his bandits, supported by Russia, there would be no war in Donbass.
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Russia always observes treaties
https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/news_162996.htm
But of course :) of course they always do. It's again the evil EU, USA and Nazi UA at fault.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/15/world/europe/russia-open-skies-treaty-biden.html
Or do you believe that pulling out of the treaty is acceptable then? Ok - this ones a bit more complicated as USA started to withdraw first, but my point stands.
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Literally the first point in the statement :
NATO Allies declared that Russia has developed and fielded a missile system, the 9M729, which violates the INF Treaty
Oh no doubt, I won't argue that USA is some holy state (along with EU countries) which keeps to all of the treaties. You just had to say that Russia never violates any..... And one is enough to show that is not truth.
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What about the Budapest Memorandum about Ukraine's borders? Invading Crimea clearly violated that. Also the Donbass insurgency was clearly heavily supported by Russia from basically day 1.
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The problem with your interpretation is that Russia invaded Crimea before the referendum so even by your own point of view it was a violation of the Budapest Memorandum and other treaties. Also basically nobody except Russia considers it a legitimite democratic referendum.
Ukraine has not existed since 2014, its president is in Russia.
There have been several more or less democratic elections in Ukraine since 2014 and the international community acknowledges the current govt as legitimite.
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Nice imagination, even Kremlin acknowledged the legitimacy of the president Zelensky. So what you are saying right now contradicts to the official position of the russian government.
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The war has been raging during all of the peace talks. So Russia can destroy Ukraine all they want but if Ukraine attacks a single legitimite military target inside Russia then they are rats?
Ukraine has only made it worse for itself, now there will be complete annihilation.
So what is it? Is Russia there to destroy Ukraine or to liberate their little brothers from neo-nazi rule? /s
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Hahahahaha you sir are completely out of it.
As if Russia stopped shelling and bombing when they were having peace negotiations last week.
The hypocricy...
You are bad as the Russian army.
May every Russian fascist who enters Ukraine get shot.
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Wow,
Nothing in your reply has truth to it.
All of it is verifiable incorrect/ make up.
Ukraine did nothing besides separatists in Donbass region which were supplied by Russia.
All because Russia is greedy for the industrial land there.
Must sting eh, that Ukraine is putting up a fight back.
Lets hope that they can do more attacks on the fascist Russian state and drive every last of the dirty invader out.
Over the years if there is one thing I learnt about Russia is that they are a bunch a massive hypocrites. Whatever they blame other are doing is what they are doing themselves.
"Ukraine killing of peaceful Russian citizens, biological weapons, development of nuclear weapons, torture of prisoners, placement of military equipment near residential buildings, killing your own civilians, invasion of the territory of Russia."
All you mentioned here are verifiable confirmed Russian war crimes. Except for Placement of Military Equipment near buildings perhaps seeing how ineffective the paper terrorist bear is.
My advice to you is to remove your Putin tinted glasses.
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May every Russian fascist who enters Ukraine get shot.
There are reports about conscripts being sent to Ukraine though. These are 18-19-year-old boys that are both not intelligent enough to enter a university to avoid army, and come from poor families that can't afford a bribe to save them for army. They haven't chosen to kill or be killed, and after what's been done to civilians in Bucha I'm not sure that surrender will always be an option for them. My point is, I doubt that you actually wish death to these kids.
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You are right, I only hope the bad apples get shot and killed.
If a Russian conscript is trying his best to avoid bringing harm to Ukrainians, I hope he survives both physically and mentally.
I hope the situation in Ukraine gets resolved as fast as possible. (Russian defeat of course)
I can't really agree with your sentence "They haven't chosen to kill"
You aim a gun at someone and pull the trigger, you made a choice.
See Bucha, some made that choice...
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cqlJp3lW_w
No more surrender as you predicted.
Can't say I have much sympathy for those terrorists.
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https://www.steamgifts.com/go/comment/2ilhcxi
Evacuation until recently.
https://edition.cnn.com/europe/live-news/ukraine-russia-putin-news-04-2-22/h_64fa71501da8f9931bd25e9c0a14be5b
5 min ago
Seven evacuation corridors are expected to open in Ukraine on Saturday
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Seven evacuation corridors along key routes are expected to open in Ukraine on Saturday, according to Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk.
Announcing the corridors in a Facebook post Saturday, Vereshchuk said the list includes the route from the besieged southern city of Mariupol to the government-held city of Zaporizhzhia in southeastern Ukraine.
(excerpt)
Be sure to check the latest information.
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Putin's army wants civilians to be evacuated to the Russian territory to refill a number of Putin's taxpayers and future soldiers while Ukranian forces want them to come back to Ukraine
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Yeah, who would want to do that. Funny how they didn't flee in those 8 years. The 'very chance of being killed' bit is also quite 'funny'. They are fleeing now because the Russian army is bombing their homes. I really hope that you get paid well to spread this 'version of the truth'.
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Yep there are aggressive nazis doing bad things down there indeed. And people are fleeing from them. I would any day take my theory over your bland propaganda, but each to their own.
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Yeah right, a battalion that's not even 1% of the regular army, somehow manages to beat Ukranian people while fighting off the whole Russian invasion army at the same time lol.
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you dont know jack shit...nothing, stay in your shitty telegram space.
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But where these people were last 8 years if they wanted to get into Putin's Russia?! (c)
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Interesting. Following your own logic, the following territories have been 'given' to Russia throughout different time periods and thus must be returned:
Kaliningrad to Germany;
Karelia to Finland;
Kuril Islands to Japan;
Abkhazia to Georgia;
etc, etc
Correct?
And while we are on it, double check who started brutally killing people in Odessa. You'd be surprised.
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https://edition.cnn.com/europe/live-news/ukraine-russia-putin-news-04-2-22/h_5462770e2e32d8ce1cf65a16e6b3c44c
8 hr 36 min ago
Russians shelling evacuation convoys in Luhansk, according to regional official
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The head of the Luhansk region military administration said 2,700 civilians had evacuated from the region on Saturday, but Russian forces had shelled people evacuating from towns that have seen heavy fighting.
"It is impossible to negotiate with the 'Orcs,'" Serhiy Haidai said. "The Russians are deliberately hitting during the evacuations. There were incoming shells near the meeting places. Fortunately, everybody is alive."(excerpt)
Be sure to check the latest information.
I would like to see the bad stories go back into the storybooks. :( 📙
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31 min ago
Evacuation attempts from Mariupol will pick up again on Sunday, Ukrainian minister says
https://edition.cnn.com/europe/live-news/ukraine-russia-putin-news-04-3-22/h_c14e965942affd1c7d583b89d302aaa3
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In a statement on Telegram, Vereshchuk said 1,263 people from the besieged city of Mariupol and the Russian-held city of Berdiansk reached the Ukrainian-held city of Zaporizhzhia using their own vehicles.
An evacuation convoy of 10 buses from the city of Berdiansk with more than 300 Mariupol residents also passed Vasylivka en route to Zaporizhzhia on Saturday, she said.
(excerpt)
Be sure to check the latest information.
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36 min ago
Mariupol evacuation corridor "will be working" Monday, says Ukraine deputy PM
(excerpt)A humanitarian corridor from the besieged southeastern Ukrainian city of Mariupol will be in operation on Monday, according to a senior Ukrainian official, despite delays and difficulties keeping the route open for evacuation.
"The route will be working for private transport. Fifteen evacuation buses have already left Zaporizhzhia for Mariupol," said Iryna Vereshchuk, Ukrainian deputy prime minister and minister of reintegration of temporarily occupied territories.(excerpt)
Be sure to check the latest information.
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https://edition.cnn.com/europe/live-news/ukraine-russia-putin-news-04-04-22/h_3243d2c11654f2f282ebe3f75188b0cb
5 min ago
Red Cross fail to reach Mariupol again due to security conditions
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"“Due to security conditions, our team has not been able to reach Mariupol today,” they said in a statement. "(excerpt)
Be sure to check the latest information.
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8 hr 43 min ago
Ukrainian official: Convoy of evacuation buses held up on route to Mariupol
So far, there does not appear to be any additions related to the evacuation corridor since this article 8 hours ago.
Be sure to check the latest information.
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6 min ago
Evacuation convoy to Mariupol has been turned back by Russian forces, Ukraine deputy PM says
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The convoy of seven buses was accompanied by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and had been held up Monday in Manhush, a Russian-held town to the west of Mariupol, Vereshchuk said.
"Despite the promises of their leadership, the (Russian) occupying forces do not allow anyone to go to Mariupol," Vereshchuk said in a statement on Telegram.
"The occupiers blocked representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross in Manhush. They were released last night after negotiations and sent to Zaporizhzhia," she added.(excerpt)
Be sure to check the latest information.
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Ukrainian official: 3,846 people evacuated through corridors on Tuesday
https://edition.cnn.com/europe/live-news/ukraine-russia-putin-news-04-05-22/h_6b900d406c9093f0dae4003456d82edd
Be sure to check the latest information.
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UN: Humanitarian convoy supply reaches Sievierodonetsk in east Ukraine
https://edition.cnn.com/europe/live-news/ukraine-russia-putin-news-04-05-22/h_eed5f588a2b545bab1e38eee4c56e451
Be sure to check the latest information.
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Interesting article about the goals and progress of the invasion: https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/23003689/putin-ukraine-russia-donbas-energy-feint
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Guys, why do you keep feeding Fin7? He's obviously a troll, the absurdity of some of his statements is way too much for an honest propaganda victim (just have a look at his messages about the majority of Ukrainians having swastika tattoos and about billions of war supporters). He's having the time of his life, and you keep wasting your time and energy on facilitating it.
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It's not about him, it's about possible random users unaware of the situation reading his statements and starting to think there might be some truth to it.
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He's not a troll, he's a nazi: Anschluss and Lebensraum.
Today he will be enjoying the images of the Bucha massacre.
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He will just say it was done by Ukrainians.
Either he is completely brainwashed or an actual paid troll. No matter what happens - UA will be the bad guys and anything opposing that is western propaganda in his view.
But yeah, pictures from Bucha are horrible. War crimes ... literal war crimes - you can't even hide this behind "targeting military infrastructure" ... people shot with hands tied, burned bodies and mass graves. It's just sick.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kV9DLy2NI_8
Since they asked to spread it.
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‘Embarrassing’: Russia scrambles to copy banned social media platforms | Social media | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2022/mar/30/russia-banned-social-media-platforms-rossgram
It appears that Russia is creating a "Russiagram" instead of an "Instagram" since it can now ignore copyrights outside of Russia. The creation process is simple.
It uses copy and paste and hacking.
...Is my space translator out of order?┐(´Θ`)┌
In any case, it seems that those "similar sites" are quietly being replaced in Russia in place of the legitimate sites.
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Problem is, they are trying to copy MASSIVE services, and that just doesn't work like copy and paste. The amount of coding needed is astounding, and it warms my heart to see how they are trying their best to steal, but still fail.
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Not just coding, they need A LOT of HEPCs for such services, especially video hosting. They are already experiencing severe shortages of them, and since any further export of them to Russia is banned, well, good luck working that around.
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"Russia" doesn't need to copy any western services - Putin's regime stopped hiding and it doesn't care about social media for his holops/peasants
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From one point of view I'd say it's actually more beneficial to have state funded social media sites for putins regime. It's a lot easier to pump propaganda. So let's say russiagram is being started using as alternative, it's even more easier to flood it with propaganda and fuel Russian citizens up without having contradictory information they have to deal with. In this scenario actually banning FB and instagram is worse because we literally fuel the spreading of lies within Russia which goes against what we want - for people to realize what putin is doing.
From other point of view if Russia actually doesnt care about it, it's just another way for wannabe businessman to pump out stolen alternatives to make some quick buck and then abandon the project. So we'll see bunch of these in the near future - but not for the benefit of getting a service to russians... only for some fuckwit to scam money out of investors or to sell subscriptions to first time users and then jump the ship.
PS. just like that idiotic freedom phone USA made so you get the view from another perspective. It used Trump being the president and decided to use the situation to scam people out of 500 dollars for a 100 dollar phone. Mostly everything on their site is a lie - it's a basic android phone with all of the basic functions. They are holding on it longer then expected but that is so obviously a scam and once it wont generate money from idiots it will be abandoned and the owner will jump to the next fad.
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Knowing how everything works in Russia, such projects — thank god — are very unlikely to ever see the light of the day. They've been trying to make Rutube instead of Youtube for the past... I don't know, maybe 13 years?
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That's beyond disturbing. Actually, I would strongly recommend against watching this stuff - unless you are Russian. We don't have the right to mollycoddle ourselves and pretend this is not happening. That's our compatriots executing civilians, and they were sent there by our government. That's our responsibility.
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Yep. I'm fortunate to have a sane and decent family and friends, but that's approximately what I hear outside of my close circle as well. Sure, there are paid trolls actively commenting everywhere, but this doesn't change the fact that many are brainless enough to actually think this way, and no amount of horrors will change their minds, they'll find a way to rationalize everything.
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https://edition.cnn.com/europe/live-news/ukraine-russia-putin-news-04-3-22/h_8d49f8617351e4438bdbaae4efa3be46
1 hr 14 min ago
European leaders condemn images from Bucha and call for investigation of Russian military
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"Their indiscriminate attacks against innocent civilians during Russia’s illegal and unjustified invasion of Ukraine must be investigated as war crimes," Truss added. "Other European leaders have also called for the Russian military's actions in Bucha to be investigated:
"Appalled by reports of unspeakable horrors in areas from which Russia is withdrawing. “An independent investigation is urgently needed," Ursula von der Leyen, the President of the European Commission tweeted on Sunday. “Perpetrators of war crimes will be held accountable.”(excerpt)
Be sure to check the latest information.
Information related to this case is all over the Internet, including many violent images that are unacceptable to SG.
In such cases, please be careful not to "put them up".
Personally, I recommend that you either mosaic the information or replace it with a news source that reports its contents.
SG Guideline
Inappropriate content. If you are posting content that may be considered NSFW (not safe for work), prefix any links or images with a NSFW tag to warn others. Do not post pornography, or explicit content, such as real life images depicting severe injury, gore, or death.
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https://edition.cnn.com/europe/live-news/ukraine-russia-putin-news-04-3-22/h_9430ac180ab99042290699473026243b
8 min ago
Ukrainian president reacts to images from Bucha: "This is genocide"
https://edition.cnn.com/europe/live-news/ukraine-russia-putin-news-04-3-22/h_a8cb60b58ccfcaeb1ebc19ab406b5404
4 min ago
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State Department spokesperson suggests US will take additional actions against Russia "very soon"
"When it comes to these images out of Bucha, we have already assessed that Russia's forces have committed war crimes. What we're doing, we are collecting information. One, to shine a spotlight on precisely what they're doing, but two, to ensure that all of those who have perpetrated these atrocities and all of those who ordered these atrocities are held to account. That's our mission," he continued.
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Ukraine: Apparent War Crimes in Russia-Controlled Areas | Human Rights Watch
https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/04/03/ukraine-apparent-war-crimes-russia-controlled-areas
*The one with detailed local stories with images of debris but no dead bodies.
It appears that immediate additional sanctions and actions to deal with the situation are being taken in various countries.
Be sure to check the latest information.
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https://www.steamgifts.com/go/comment/MkWvI3D
I usually do not open any You Tube links without a title description.
This time I had no choice but to view it because it was a reply to me.
This is because it is for play count purposes or the language may be inappropriate for me and unreadable.
Battle of Bucha - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Bucha
I am looking at this Wikipedia for reference.
It may be a battleground in an editing war.
So please keep it as a reference for finding primary sources.
I am not a native Russian or Ukrainian speaker.ヾﾉ･Θ･)🌏?
At least I understand what you said about the video being shot in front of City Hall on March 31.
For the most part, it is a common sight in this war that the "mayor" makes a speech in "front of the city hall" to appeal for recapture.
It seems that there are many decisions not to take pictures of places that are not cleanly visible, as it may lead to the evacuees' worried and unreasonable behavior of returning from their evacuation sites.
(If your neighborhood was a burnt-out field, you would be worried about your home and would want to rush home, wouldn't you?)
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In places where Russian soldiers have recently retreated, it has been reported that landmines have been planted on the bodies.
In such cases, you would think that it would be easy to disarm the mines with a mine detector, but it seems that a great deal of effort is often expended just to safely enter and leave a few hundred meters of the area, since the corpses can be used as weights to set other traps.
It would be impossible to set up in such a place in a few days.
The events that happened in Ukraine can be traced with the events that happened in "Syria"....
Syria: The story of the conflict - BBC News
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-26116868
The creation of evacuation corridors and attacks on them was also the modus operandi at Syria.
You can also find articles in this discussion that caution against those practices.
https://www.steamgifts.com/go/comment/Gn71JNj
Of course, it is important to proceed with the investigation by international organizations.
During wartime, people sometimes quit people.
Whoever the culprits are, whether Russian or Ukrainian soldiers, mercenaries or volunteer soldiers, will be brought to justice.
There seems to be a growing Ukrainian anti-war movement in Moscow these days.
There seems to be a lot of anger from people who have relatives in the war zone, or who have been killed in the war and have no guarantees (the state claims they died in the exercises and cannot receive them).
I have seen many things that should not be put into words that cannot be put on the SG.
This "DISCUSSION" itself has been around since before the war started.
During the course of the war, "Russia" became unsettled and "evacuation information" was also received "just before the war started".
You are free to deny it or affirm it, but check what everyone has been posting from the beginning.
Some are posted by Russians, some by Ukrainians, some by people from other countries, some by aliens.
After looking at those, you will find what you want to know more about.
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https://edition.cnn.com/europe/live-news/ukraine-russia-putin-news-04-04-22/h_6aa769fbb1ee38edfa57543d812d9bd2
2 min ago
Polish Prime Minister calls for an "international commission" to investigate war crimes in Ukraine
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“We propose establishing an international commission to investigate crimes in cities in Ukraine,” Morawiecki told a press conference in Warsaw on Monday. (excerpt)
“Bucha, Irpin, Hostomel and Motyzhyn are the places we will remember. The Russians committed the crime of genocide. It must be properly documented and judged,” Morawiecki added in a tweet posted Monday. (excerpt)
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United Nations on Twitter: "Ukraine: "It is vital that all efforts are made to ensure there are independent & effective investigations into what happened in Bucha to ensure truth, justice & accountability" -- @UNHumanRights chief @mbachelet. " / Twitter
https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1511102058597806089
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I am so sorry. I'm astonished by such war crimes. I will try my best to break through the censorship of China to bring those ugly truths to people. I will try to get you more help. I don't know how much I can achieve, being the only game developer in China that publically support Ukraine. But, I will try.
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I know. The government of China is censoring those types of information since Feb.24. They have deleted a few dozens of my posts on all the social media already.
But, I have to do it. Otherwise, it will be extremely disgraceful if there is not even one single game developer in China that is doing the right thing. It's nothing compared to soldiers on the frontline. It's nothing compared to the protesters in Moscow. I am relatively safe compared to them. It's just something I feel I must do.
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How the Great Firewall of China Works [INFOGRAPHIC]
https://www.techinasia.com/great-firewall-china-works-infographic
Hmm..
This is a much more sophisticated censorship than the commonly known Russian one.
I sometimes hear stories that in the case of China, such control is exercised when installing apps designated by the government.
Even some game development apps and financial apps are in such a state.
To top it all off, they have even gone so far as to put a means of information leakage into the firmware.
This is true not only for the domestic Chinese market, but also for the international market.
The Golden Tax Department and the Emergence of GoldenSpy Malware | Trustwave
https://www.trustwave.com/en-us/resources/blogs/spiderlabs-blog/the-golden-tax-department-and-the-emergence-of-goldenspy-malware/
Broadcom Software Discloses APT Actors Deploying Daxin Malware in Global Espionage Campaign | CISA
https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ncas/current-activity/2022/02/28/broadcom-software-discloses-apt-actors-deploying-daxin-malware
Chinese cyberspies target govts with their ‘most advanced’ backdoor
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/chinese-cyberspies-target-govts-with-their-most-advanced-backdoor/
Zheng Bang ZB3245TSS Pick & Place Machine - Custom Electronics, PWM Circuits, Induction Heating, and DIY Science Projects
https://www.rmcybernetics.com/general/zhengbang-zb3245tss-pick-place-machine
Perhaps it is possible to bypass it by using a VPN tool that is not "known" to the Chinese government.
Conversely, China is a country where you can't use a VPN if you mention the existence of such a VPN.
For this reason, there have been cases in the past where international students have installed VPN servers in their dormitories in other countries and made them available only to those concerned.
By extension, malware that uses the browser add-ons of an unspecified number of people as P2P nodes and VPN stepping stones was generated by Chinese users for a while.
I do not know of any such thing left now?
If I were Chinese, I would consult someone with such overseas contacts.
Well, this is a bit of a departure from the discussion, but it is difficult in many ways.
The non-censorship movement is a good one in my opinion.
📝:Censorship by country - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship_by_country
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Yes, it's a highly developed system that makes Russian censorship like a joke.
Meanwhile, in addition to the technical aspects of the censorship system. The government and social media have a lot of censorship officers to manually check everything people post. Each social media also has a different level of tolerance. For example, Bilibili basically just deletes everything I post there while many of my posts on Zhihu still exist as long as I quote from an external source so that all the information the government hates is technically not stored on their servers.
Thus, when encountering heavy censorship, I first post all the information somewhere like a Pastebin: https://pastebin.com/khTDGBrB
And then, link the Zhihu post to this Pastebin address: https://zhuanlan.zhihu.com/p/492863930
Meanwhile, I can also put information in my game's update logs to smuggle it into China.
I have been running this secret information warfare since Feb.24 :)
https://www.zhihu.com/people/orochi2k/posts
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👀Hmm...interesting
I see...I guess whatever you post will disappear if it is not good for China and Russia?
That is what you seem to be like at this point.
After translating and looking at the Chinese a bit, it seems that the Bucha case is listed at the top of the list of stories that are conspiracies with no dead bodies in the picture.
(posted by someone who is not you, of course)
In fact, some broadcasters continued to play the video with the dead body in the picture....
But I am not attaching that because SG's terms and conditions would make angry if I attached those links.
Thus, only the strings needed for the search.
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"Russian Retreat Leaves Trail Of Dead Ukrainian Civilians in Bucha - YouTube”
MSNBC 4.86M subscribe
You will find it by searching with this.
There are a few other broadcasters who have done the same thing, but I recommend against it because it is detrimental to the sanity of the people who see it.
Wait until you get a confirmation from a neutral international organization.
The fact of the invasion and the bombardment of the displaced people will not be shaken as a fact.
However, when it comes to detailed confirmation of the facts, there are some matters that are hard to say.
In wartime, such things are often obscured if the war is prolonged.
The fact that the Russian elite in Ukrainian uniforms attacked in the early stages of the war, that the plan was to take Ukraine in 48 hours, and that Russian news outlets were set up to publish victory reports on the web to coincide with these events, all make it difficult for the public to understand what happened. There was also an incident where those were mistakenly published.
Those verifications are of course not possible here.
It is important to know the primary source of verification, so please keep that in mind.
As a reminder, it is a good idea to follow the laws of your area, protect your mental health, and pursue the facts to the extent that you do not engage in illegal activities.👓
Basically, do not consider this "discussion" as a primary source.d(･Θ･｡)
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I also have my lawyer license in China. (Mostly because I wanted to make the nation better a few years ago.)
There is no law that forbids speaking against Russia. The censorship is mostly some under-the-table rules.
The government does not even dare to acknowledge the Great Firewall. Because the Great Firewall is against their promise made when joining the WTO about 20 years ago.
According to the beautiful constitution of China, people shall have the freedom of speech. :)
If I only mention Russia while avoiding mentioning China, most of my posts survive on Zhihu. (Bilibili still just kills everything.)
However, I just found it today that it seems everything about Bucha is something the government of China really does not want people to know.
Thus, I'm using Pastebin to bypass the censorship.
I am quoting from the discussion here in some of my posts mostly because SG is still not entirely blocked by the Great Firewall in China, people can come here to see the discussion even though they are not able to visit Youtube, most of the foreign media websites, Twitter, and Google.
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And Germany's government continues to purchase gas from Putin, paying each days millions of $ to sponsor this war. Pretty sad to see.
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A small clarification - Euro, but there will be a transition to Rubles. Moreover, the government told the business - "Somehow solve this issue yourself."
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Unfortunately,we depend too much of Rusian gas/petrol.
We can't power our industries/homes without those, at least for the moment.
We have to work for a different future but the present is not good. Alternatives must be studied and deployed but it will take time.
Even that, I think we can't completely remove Russian energy use.
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Sadly Merkel all last years tried to be a good friends with Vladimir Vladimirovich and not to make him angry peacefully consuming his gas and oil
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Maybe because Frau Merkel thought about her country and defended the interests of her country, and not about the fact that if we press, they will change the power. It's been decided now. But there are no turbines and no terminals. They need to be made, and these are steel, copper and aluminum. And then the UK decided to build 2 nuclear reactors, and this is again steel, copper and aluminum. So the prices went up, do not forget that aluminum wants a lot of electricity to get it.
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Why free people fought with Hitler though it raised all prices over the world? it was completely irrational from their side and not economically based
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People who have forgotten their past have no right to the future. (Plato)
"The people who do not know their past have no future" (Mikhail Lomonosov)
These statements are given in order to show the importance of history. In 1923, the troops of France and Belgium entered the territory of the Ruhr region. After that, the occupation of the lands began. All they offered was to arrange a strike, but there was nothing to pay the workers, and the migrants had to live somewhere. After that, the printing press was launched.
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It's not like this would change anything after all. Putin wanted the war and it will go on as long as he wants it.
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French government continues to purchase Putin's gas, oil and work with Russia in terms of french businesses
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Just don't forget to note that this went to the re-export of goods with high added value. Mi-8 helicopter and instrument panel in French. It is not really needed in Russia, but it will go well for export. I know for sure, since the panel was ordered specifically for this, I also had to change the GOST on the panel, and then there was only Russian and English.
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I was expecting to see Spain here and I wasn't dissappointed.
France and Germany have great military industries too.
The real surprise here (although I had already read it elsewhere) is that Ukraine was also selling weapons to Russia.after 2014.
If I'm correct, in order to sell weapons to other country there must be a licence from the exporting country so Ukraine should know they were providing military equipment to Russia.
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