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They need more of those attacks, may lure out Rusian navy ships for patrol/escort duty = more targets
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Attached: 1 video Ukrainian Sea Baby naval drones struck two sanctioned vessels, KAIRO and VIRAT, in the Black Sea. The joint SBU counterintelligence and Ukrainian Navy op hit the tankers en route, empty, to load oil in Novorossiysk.
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Ukraine blew up rare Arctic Tor-M2DT in Crimea

Ukraine’s military has destroyed a rare Arctic-modified Tor-M2DT air defense system during a drone strike near the Belbek airbase in occupied Crimea, according to information released by Ukrainian forces. The strike was carried out by units of the Unmanned Systems
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Here's an op-ed in my morning's news-feed:

Exactly 85 years ago — on Nov. 30, 1939 — the USSR's aggression against Finland began. This "Winter War," as it came to be known, was part of the Soviet leadership's grand plan to divide Eastern Europe between itself and Nazi Germany, its treaty-partner at that point in time.

The invasion of Finland was supposed to last just weeks and end with the establishment of a puppet pro-Soviet government in Helsinki. Yet in spite of the odds, Finland managed to repel Soviet aggression and maintain its independence.

Although Finland ultimately had to give up about 11 percent of its territory, the war was a true humiliation for the Red Army. It forced the whole world to reconsider its assessment of Soviet military capabilities.

Perhaps this is starting to sound familiar.

Today, the Winter War's history is useful not only to study Finland's experience in repelling the aggression of a much larger and more powerful militarily neighbor, but also for analyzing the methods of Soviet propaganda, which modern Russia continues to wield successfully in the twenty-first century even when its military prowess leaves something to be desired.

To justify its aggression against Finland, the USSR actively used propaganda, the task of which was to convince the internal audience, the international community and the population of Finland that the invasion was being undertaken in self-defense and as a last resort.

The Soviet press published articles by Soviet correspondents, speeches and statements by the Soviet leadership. It also disseminated appeals and communiqués of the Communist Party of Finland and the puppet "People's Government of Finland," which were of course both located inside the Soviet Union. Soviet media outlets all flooded the zone with statements and declarations of Soviet activists, radio broadcasts and leaflets. And anything they could get the foreign press to carry, they did.

The main thesis of the USSR's propaganda campaign against Finland was that the Finnish military had provoked the conflict — that it was a consequence of the Finnish government's rejection of Soviet initiatives to normalize relations. The Soviets alleged that the Finnish government had betrayed Finns' interests in favor of Western capitalists and imperialists. They accused the Finns of building military infrastructure in Finland — airfields, military bases and naval bases — to receive troops of the USSR's enemies. They accused the Finns of building military chemical plants for a future war against the USSR.

They also alleged that the Finnish people were being oppressed and exploited by Finland's ruling class, and that Finns desired to overthrow their government and establish a peoples' republic of workers and peasantry — which is to say, a Bolshevik state. The Red Army would be welcomed as they marched in to liberate the Finnish proletariat from capitalist exploitation.

You might almost be impressed how little these Kremlin theses have changed in 85 years. Indeed, virtually all of the narratives Moscow has used to justify its in Ukraine were used in the late 1930s to justify its aggression against Finland.

On the eve of the large-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russia — through the mouths of propagandists and senior officials — accused Ukraine of creating threats to Russia's national security, preparing a springboard for an attack against Russia, preparing to develop weapons of mass destruction, pursuing an anti-people policy towards its own population, and all the rest. Subtract out the specifically communist elements of the Winter War propaganda, and the two could easily be confused for one another.

A comparison of the Kremlin's aggression against Finland and against Ukraine leads to the conclusion that the Russia`s foreign policy and propaganda principles have remained practically unchanged over 85 years. The political regime and political slogans have changed in Russia, but propaganda continues to use the same principles and clichés with minor changes.

Modern Kremlin media continue to portray Western countries as imperialists and aggressors. Some Pravda articles from the 1930s resemble former Russian President Dmitri Medvedev's modern tweets in terms of their level of exaltation and emotionality.

Russian society, thanks to its saturation with propaganda, is convinced that the negative attitude towards Russia in the world is caused by westerners' envy toward Russia's achievements, its territory, its natural resources and its culture. Over the last eighty-five years, Russian propaganda has become much more dangerous. Pravda was available only to readers in the USSR, but text, audio and video propaganda from state-controlled RT is available almost anywhere there is an internet connection.

Currently, Russian propaganda plays a significant role in the formation of public opinion in the West and decision-making by Western politicians.

For the Kremlin, propaganda has always been a tool of war, just like tanks or planes. Western countries guard their borders against the penetration of Russian tanks and planes, but they are very careless about the penetration of Russian propaganda beyond their borders.

In this regard, it is useful to remember that Russian propaganda first prepares the ground for aggression, and then Russia's aggression occurs. It is better to counter Russian propaganda in advance, before it is too late.

[Oleksandr Sukhobrus, a native of Kyiv, is a licensed lawyer, psychologist, and former diplomat.]

 
And this:

ISTANBUL (AP) — The Turkish government has condemned Ukrainian drone attacks on two Russian "shadow fleet" oil tankers in the Black Sea.

Foreign Ministry spokesman Oncu Keceli said the attacks on the Kairos and Virat vessels happened inside Turkey's exclusive economic zone and "have posed serious risks to navigation, life, property and environmental safety in the region."

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Turkey condemns Ukrainian strikes on Russian oil tankers off Black Sea coast

The Turkish Foreign Ministry spokesman has condemned Ukrainian drone attacks on two Russian “shadow fleet” oil tankers in the Black Sea.
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As Dad used to say, "If you lay down with dogs, you're bound to get fleas." (Apologies to any dogs reading).
 
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Ukraine deploys AI-guided air-defense turrets

A new autonomous air-defense turret funded through a joint UNITED24 and NAFO campaign is now ready to protect Ukrainian cities from drones and missiles, according to an announcement from UNITED24. The system, known as Sky Sentinel, was financed as part
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Ukrainian drone interceptor downs Russia’s jet-powered Shahed

Ukraine has confirmed the first interception of a Russian Geran-3—the Russian designation for the Iranian Shahed-238 jet-powered kamikaze drone—using a Ukrainian-made Sting interceptor UAV, a type of unmanned aerial vehicle specifically designed to intercept and destroy incoming drones in mid-air.
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