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[buffnut453]

Ha!

Hackers replaced Russian TV schedules during Putin's 'Victory Day' parade with an anti-war message saying the blood of Ukrainians is on Russians' hands

Monday marked Russia's annual Victory Day celebrations. The message told Russian viewers "TV and the authorities are lying" about the Ukraine war.

www.yahoo.com

It seems some staff at a Russian media company also joined in the fun:

Earlier we reported on how the descriptions of television programmes on smart TVs in Russia had been hacked with an anti-war message.

It appears similar messages have been posted on the website of the pro-government Russian publication Lenta - but by two members of its staff.

According to independent news site Meduza, based in Latvia, there were about 20 different messages criticising the war or the Russian leadership on Lenta's website.

It says the slogans, which have since been deleted, included:

• "Vladimir Putin has turned into a pitiful dictator and paranoiac"
• "Russian authorities have banned journalists from talking about the negative"
• "Russia threatens to destroy the whole world"
• "War makes it easier to cover up economic failures"
• "Zelensky turned out to be cooler than Putin"

The material was removed from the site, but a cached version is still visible.

Meduza says they were all accompanied by the line: "Disclaimer: this material is not agreed with the leadership."

It says two employees of the pro-Kremlin publication took responsibility for the "performance", adding they were now outside Russia and had written that they would probably need jobs, lawyers and political asylum.

 

[RogerdeLluria]

Oil and coal yes, but we're not seeing any significant non-seasonal slowdown in the EU's gas purchases from Russia. This is simply because due to the EU's decision to tie themselves to Russia there is no ready alternative. How will Europe heat their homes and businesses next autumn/winter and generate electricity otherwise?

Canada has the natural gas, but can’t get LNG to Europe

As demand for LNG rises, Canada has its supply, but lacks the means to share it with others

www.theglobeandmail.com

Why Biden can't help Europe rid itself of Russian gas

"Governments don’t make deals," said the director of Tufts University's Climate Policy Lab.

www.politico.com

The ideal longterm fix is to find some natural gas reserves in a non-Russian held part of Ukraine and exploit that. This would also help to pay back the Euros for all the arms and financing during the war.

The Forgotten Potential of Ukraine’s Energy Reserves

A resolute development of Ukraine’s untapped reserves in the production, export and storage of energy would be in the interest of all sides involved.

hir.harvard.edu

I'm the first one that would like a much much faster disconnection from Russian gas, however the effort has been significant.

"At the outset of the war, Germany relied on Russia to meet 55 percent of its natural gas needs. Since Moscow's invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, the country has reduced that amount to 35 percent by canceling some contracts and importing more liquefied natural gas, or L.N.G., from other countries.

By the end of the year, German officials said, they hope to be drawing less than a third of the country's gas from Russia."

Germany is preparing to forgo Russian gas. But a quick cutoff would hurt. (Published 2022)

“We have to be ready for it,” the German chancellor said a day after Russia quit providing natural gas to Poland and Bulgaria.

www.nytimes.com

 

[RogerdeLluria]

 

[RogerdeLluria]

 

[Admiral Beez]

This appears not to be legit.

Folks, we really need to be careful about spreading disinformation (as opposed to unintended misinformation) here.

Just because it's shiny to get our attention and lines up with our wishes doesn't make it true.

 

[Thumpalumpacus]

Maybe it's time for the US (or Ukraine) to issue Ukraine war bonds to help pay for this stuff? The flood of free arms can't be limitless without stressing the US government and economy.

I like the idea of war bonds, but the US economy is about $20 trillion. The aid so far has been to $14 billion, about .07%.. The real issue is getting a continual and reliable supply of these weapons, imo.

 

[buffnut453]

And the comedy just keeps on coming. Apparently, throwing red paint at the Russian ambassador means you must be a nazi. Also, supporting freedom of expression now means you're on the path to fascism. Meanwhile, it's perfectly legitimate for the Kremlin to clamp down hard on anyone who disagrees with Putin's message. I think someone needs to buy the entire Russian leadership a dictionary so they can look up the meaning of the words they're spewing:

The Russian foreign ministry has hit out at protesters in Poland who threw red liquid over the Russian ambassador there. (See our earlier post here)

Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova says: "Neo-Nazis have once again shown their face - and it is bloody."

Russia has today been marking its victory over Germany in 1945 - and reiterating its claims it is acting to purge modern-day Ukraine of Nazis as well.

The attack happened as Sergei Andreyev and other Russian embassy officials went to lay wreaths at a cemetery in Warsaw. It was an act of remembrance for the Soviet soldiers killed fighting Nazi Germany in occupied Poland during World War Two.

Protesters told local media the red substance - which appeared to be paint - was to represent the blood of Ukrainians shed by Russian soldiers in the present invasion.

Commenting on the attack, Zakharova accused the West of "set[ting] a course for the reincarnation of fascism".

 

[SaparotRob]

. The real issue is getting a continual and reliable supply of these weapons, imo.

Any idea if the weapons supplied by the west reaching the front? I keep reading the news bits looking for western equipment but no luck.

 

[GrauGeist]

Best laugh of the day, apart from the words coming out of Putin's mouth, was the excuse for the absence of the flypast during the Victory Day parade. Apparently, the flypast was cancelled due to weather conditions. Here's the BBC's report with that clown Peskov making the claim:

Ahead of Victory Day, Russia's air force was busy rehearsing over Red Square, including in Z formation - the motif of the military invasion of Ukraine.

Now we hear from Russian news agencies that the air display part of the parade has been cancelled. Dmitry Peskov, Kremlin spokesman, blamed it on the weather conditions.

I'm not the most experienced person on the forum but, with the possible exception of the last image, all I'm seeing weather-wise is sunshine and some broken cumulus (all photos from the BBC). That's hardly grounds for cancelling a flypast in my book. If Russian pilots can't perform a flypast in these conditions, no wonder they're sucking at operational flying!

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Fifth photo down:
That guy looks like he just received orders to head out to the "special operation"

 

[Thumpalumpacus]

Any idea if the weapons supplied by the west reaching the front? I keep reading the news bits looking for western equipment but no luck.

I read an article last night which interviewed railroadmen in Ukraine. The Russians are apparently targeting the rail net and its supporting power grid, but the system has proven resilient so far. Most of what they're shipping is is food right now. I'd imagine the fighting gear is probably going by trucks as that way they can be more specific about who gets what ... but there's no news on that, which makes good sense.

 

[hawkeye2an]

All they show in this video are APCs and Self propelled Artillery. Not sure what else they have. Bodies alone could tip the balance.

 

[RogerdeLluria]

Any idea if the weapons supplied by the west reaching the front? I keep reading the news bits looking for western equipment but no luck.

Apparently yes.

 

[SaparotRob]

Apparently yes.

I've seen this clip before I think, despite the date stamp. I was hoping for a larger display of fire power.

 

[Admiral Beez]

R RogerdeLluria You're posting a lot of unsubstantiated tweets from Twitter. This is hardly a reliable source of anything.

How to avoid falling for and spreading misinformation about Ukraine

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/02/24/tips-avoid-misinformation-ukraine/

Slow down!

Do not hit that share button. Social media is built for things to go viral, for users to quickly retweet before they're even done reading the words they're amplifying.

Check the source

Look at who is sharing the information.

Make a collection of trusted sources

Trust the professionals. Legitimate mainstream news organizations are built to vet these things for you.

Seek out context

Try to augment all these one-off clips or stories with broader context about what is happening.

Vet videos and images

Look for multiple edits and odd cuts, listen closely to the audio and run it through a third-party tool such as InVid, which helps check the authenticity of videos.

Use fact-checking sites and tools

Keep an eye out for content warnings on social media sites for individual posts. Look up individual stories or images on fact-checking sites.

 

[RogerdeLluria]

I've seen this clip before I think, despite the date stamp. I was hoping for a larger display of fire power.

There is a similar one of reportedly Ukrainians training in germany.

 

[J_P_C]

Any idea if the weapons supplied by the west reaching the front? I keep reading the news bits looking for western equipment but no luck.

yes - today i've seen movie with Ukrainian ULH -Ukrainian crew worked pretty nicely - i would say best NATO standards

 

[J_P_C]

- here it is

 

[Admiral Beez]

- here it is

That's a video of an artillery gun, yes. But where? When? Has this vid been substantiated in any way? When in doubt.

 

[J_P_C]

That's video of an artillery gun, yes. But where? When? Has this vid been substantiated in any way? When in doubt.

has been described as a "first combat use of american gun"

 

[J_P_C]

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