FWIW the matelots and Jolly Jack Jack Tars on ARRSE (a few of whom had actually had abandoned a sinking battleship) remarked that none of those Russian sailors on parade had the burns, bruises, black eyes and cuts (covered with dressings etc.) they expected from escaping a burning vessel in 'rough' sea (2-3m waves)... EDIT: Appeared in ARRSE thread. https://twitter.com/CovertShores/status/1515428576593592324
Is Russia's propaganda narrative changing direction? https://twitter.com/revishvilig/status/1515413925575155714
Why is that some people who have derided what the Daily Mail say politically are now saying that the Fail is the paragons of virtue ? . What they say or report on is the absolute truth . It's amazing . To me . And why does anyone who has been lied to before so that we can go to war seriously believe . That. This time. For sure. We are being told the truth . Yes. I know . At least . 250,000 innocent Iraqi's died because of western propaganda. But this time . You won't get fooled again .
You are going to have to give us more here Davy. Who exactly has performed this about turn? I disagree with almost everything in the Fail, but both it and I deplore Putin and this terrible invasion. But I’m sure we arrived at that independently.
I'm sure you didn't mean it to come out this way, but the logical conclusion to draw from this post is that because we were lied to in order to justify the invasion of Iraq we are now being lied to about Russia having launched an invasion of Ukraine. What did you actually mean to say?
Yep . You nailed it . History will be the judge . And a betting man will punt on me . Don't you think ?
And more importantly don't come looking for my children to fight . Your war . Because, and to quote, Roy Keane\John Sitton, I'll be throwing punches .
Nope. I scroll through the ARRSE thread in spare moments (interesting perspective they have). Anything I find surprising I share. I also get posts from Belarusian friends but don't share those as they're worried about being identified. Why is it a problem for you?
Its worse than that Moskva only had 180 degree arc radar, so its probable they never saw the missiles coming Russian military kit is turning out to be total sh1t
What exactly are we being lied to about? I don’t doubt there will be lies, from both the Ukranians about the course of the war and the West about it’s level of involvement on the ground. But I’m not sure any of these change my view of who is ultimately responsible and what needs to happen to stop the war, which is a Russian withdrawal.
Not sure what sort of club the Ukrainians are in, to be honest. Maybe the 'get blown to bits and then annihilated club' if Putin gets his way.
History will be the judge of what? That Russia have NOT invaded Ukraine and committed atrocities? Doubtful I'd have thought. We've already had a discussion about past actions making 'The West' less than blameless in the build up of insecurity that has led Putin to make the choices he has, but that in no way exculpates him and his cronies for what they have consciously chosen to do.
Russian dug-outs (the clue's in the name) close to Chernobyl... https://twitter.com/HBL_BLA/status/1516412171718209547 Original thread.
M'Lord Skidelsky (director at the Moscow School of Political Studies and, until 1 January 2022, non-executive director, Russneft (Russian oil refining company)) gets to the heart of the matter over Finland's NATO membership: https://twitter.com/XSovietNews/status/1516134864029892610 Ex-Finnish PM Alexander Stubb felt compelled to join in the fun: https://twitter.com/alexstubb/status/1516114414377877506
Not a problem for me, just making sure you were ok. I worry about people that get sucked into this nonsense thats all. If the people of Russia and Ukraine and everywhere else could only see they were being played by the same people who sit on both sides then **** like this wouldnt happen.
I'll try to not let thoughts of the armed invasion of a nation state by another aggressor state with the express stated intention of genocide cloud my judgement. Also: Spoiler: NSFW Meanwhile, many of the gore-porn videos (put out by Russian friendly sources) have shown Ukrainian atrocities against Kadyrovites (a Chechen faction - don't forget they are vastly outnumbered by Chechens, Tartars, fighting for Ukraine)> Here's a morale boosting video from Kadyrov (it has to be seen to be believed):
Ah yes, the classic manoeuvre of stepping in a puddle then firing a machine gun at the sky while being circled by half a dozen cheap 4x4s. I believe they teach that one at West Point.
OK, OK for balance here's an original song celebrating the rapists, murderers and looters brave defenders of the Luhansk Peoples Republic: https://twitter.com/maxseddon/status/1516692415956017158
Yes exactly, except DPRK's efforts use a cast of literally 1000's of dancers and singers with an accompanying sound and light show whilst the LPR uses a cast of literally 10.
Someone should tell this guy he's being manipulated by the media. If they can manage to get a message to him before he gets suicided, of course. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-61163546
IgorGirkin on Twitter: "No comments https://t.co/o33IL11kfS" / Twitter WWI vintage Maxim, I don't quite know what to say...
30 days ago, the local government of Tver oblast, in Russia, purchased almost 40k of pro-war stickers to put them all over the place - they read "For Russia - for victory" (actually they don't as there's no letter "Z" in Cyrillic): (Un)Fortunately after a month exposed to the sun, they appear slightly different:
That old adage about there being never a truer word than one spoken in jest (or summfink) well it appears that the same "nurses" turned up to give "comfort" to LPR troops this Orthodox Easter weekend: https://www.reddit.com/r/UkraineWar...h7/strange_propaganda_video_of_dnrlpr_nurses/
