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Russian psyop about “colossal” losses of Ukrainian Army as another failed clown act
As expected, Russia and its agents of influence from other countries launched a large-scale psop against Ukraine, namely, spreading through certain foreign media and “trustworthy sources”a fake report about the “humongous” losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
But, as happens with Russian propagandists, the psyop was executed just too clumsily. But first things first…
So, from Sunday afternoon, reports about the Ukrainian military losses were being thrown in waves into the Russian information space. At the same time, none of these reports, let's say, were consistent in terms of the figures voiced.
The locomotive of the narrative on the “colossal” losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was Trump-loing Colonel Douglas McGregor, who, on the Judging Freedom YouTube channel said that during a meeting with Lloyd Austin, Ukrainian CinC Valeriy Zaluzhnyi allegedly told him about the actual losses of the Ukrainian army at 257K, and that the population of Ukraine had shrunk to 18M.
I think not everyone remembers or knows who McGregor is, so let me remind you that this “colonel” in 2014 supported the occupation of Crimea by Russia, of which he spoke with RT. On February 27, 2022, it was he who declared that the Ukrainian army was done, and that Russia's victory was obvious.
Even on September 12, on the air of the infamous liar and manipulator Tucker Carlson, McGregor said that the Ukrainian army had practically been defeated, and other nonsense of this kind... Well, you get it. The Trumpist minion, who is also playing along with the Kremlin propaganda, got involved in executing the psyop, thereby failing the effort in the bud.
After all, everyone knows, even in the GOP, who Douglas McGregor is, how much his petty soul is worth, and how “valuable” and “reliable” his statements are.
In addition to Douglas McGregor, a certain message from a certain Turkish media, Hurseda, was thrown into the information field, referring to a leak from Israeli intelligence that the Armed Forces of Ukraine had 157 thousand dead, 234 thousand wounded, and thousands more dead foreigners from the USA, Poland, Lithuania, etc. d.
At the same time, according to this media outlet, and, consequently, the Israel "intelligence", Russia's losses amounted to only 18,480. It remains to wonder why Russia, with such insignificant losses and such devastating death toll among the Ukrainian troops decided to flee from Chernihiv, Kyiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, and Mykolaiv regions and part of Kherson regions, announcing additional mobilization to call up 300,000 new soldiers?
Thus, in just a day, two sources at once, represented by the corrupt conspiracy theorist Douglas McGregor and information dump Hurseda, issued conflicting data on the “colossal” losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which was immediately echoed by Russian propagandists.
In fact, the task of spreading this fake report was immediately picked up by all Russian law enforcement and security agencies, but due to the lack of coordination, which is a classic for Russia, they started circulating radically different data. But you know what's the funniest thing?
Douglas McGregor reported the Ukrainian army death toll at 257K, while the Turkish dumpster Hurseda wrote 157K. It seems that either McGregor or Hurseda’s handlers made a mistake in one digit when transferring the guidebook, or it was one of the actors involved in the act who allowed this blunder while sharing the narrative.
Read more here: https://medium.com/@zloyodessit2.0/as-expected-russia-and-its-agents-of-influence-from-other-countries-launched-a-large-scale-psop-6c8c4fec61c5
As expected, Russia and its agents of influence from other countries launched a large-scale psop against Ukraine, namely, spreading through certain foreign media and “trustworthy sources”a fake report about the “humongous” losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
But, as happens with Russian propagandists, the psyop was executed just too clumsily. But first things first…
So, from Sunday afternoon, reports about the Ukrainian military losses were being thrown in waves into the Russian information space. At the same time, none of these reports, let's say, were consistent in terms of the figures voiced.
The locomotive of the narrative on the “colossal” losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was Trump-loing Colonel Douglas McGregor, who, on the Judging Freedom YouTube channel said that during a meeting with Lloyd Austin, Ukrainian CinC Valeriy Zaluzhnyi allegedly told him about the actual losses of the Ukrainian army at 257K, and that the population of Ukraine had shrunk to 18M.
I think not everyone remembers or knows who McGregor is, so let me remind you that this “colonel” in 2014 supported the occupation of Crimea by Russia, of which he spoke with RT. On February 27, 2022, it was he who declared that the Ukrainian army was done, and that Russia's victory was obvious.
Even on September 12, on the air of the infamous liar and manipulator Tucker Carlson, McGregor said that the Ukrainian army had practically been defeated, and other nonsense of this kind... Well, you get it. The Trumpist minion, who is also playing along with the Kremlin propaganda, got involved in executing the psyop, thereby failing the effort in the bud.
After all, everyone knows, even in the GOP, who Douglas McGregor is, how much his petty soul is worth, and how “valuable” and “reliable” his statements are.
In addition to Douglas McGregor, a certain message from a certain Turkish media, Hurseda, was thrown into the information field, referring to a leak from Israeli intelligence that the Armed Forces of Ukraine had 157 thousand dead, 234 thousand wounded, and thousands more dead foreigners from the USA, Poland, Lithuania, etc. d.
At the same time, according to this media outlet, and, consequently, the Israel "intelligence", Russia's losses amounted to only 18,480. It remains to wonder why Russia, with such insignificant losses and such devastating death toll among the Ukrainian troops decided to flee from Chernihiv, Kyiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, and Mykolaiv regions and part of Kherson regions, announcing additional mobilization to call up 300,000 new soldiers?
Thus, in just a day, two sources at once, represented by the corrupt conspiracy theorist Douglas McGregor and information dump Hurseda, issued conflicting data on the “colossal” losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which was immediately echoed by Russian propagandists.
In fact, the task of spreading this fake report was immediately picked up by all Russian law enforcement and security agencies, but due to the lack of coordination, which is a classic for Russia, they started circulating radically different data. But you know what's the funniest thing?
Douglas McGregor reported the Ukrainian army death toll at 257K, while the Turkish dumpster Hurseda wrote 157K. It seems that either McGregor or Hurseda’s handlers made a mistake in one digit when transferring the guidebook, or it was one of the actors involved in the act who allowed this blunder while sharing the narrative.
Read more here: https://medium.com/@zloyodessit2.0/as-expected-russia-and-its-agents-of-influence-from-other-countries-launched-a-large-scale-psop-6c8c4fec61c5
Medium
Russian psyop about “colossal” losses of Ukrainian Army as another failed clown act
But, as happens with Russian propagandists, the psyop was executed just too clumsily. But first things first…
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Bernard Arnault is the king of luxury commerce and a fixture in French politics and culture.
via Foreign Policy https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/02/17/adam-tooze-macron-bernard-arnault-richest-man-world-louis-vuitton-hennessy-france/
via Foreign Policy https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/02/17/adam-tooze-macron-bernard-arnault-richest-man-world-louis-vuitton-hennessy-france/
Foreign Policy
Adam Tooze: How Macron’s Ally Became the Richest Man in the World
Bernard Arnault is the king of luxury commerce and a fixture in French politics and culture.
Forwarded from Xobzzu
Putin claims he’s fighting Nazis in Ukraine while his regime intimidates Jews in Russia.
via Foreign Policy https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/02/28/moscow-chief-rabbi-putin-fsb-religion-patriarch-kirill/
via Foreign Policy https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/02/28/moscow-chief-rabbi-putin-fsb-religion-patriarch-kirill/
Foreign Policy
I Was Moscow’s Chief Rabbi. Russia Forced Me to Flee.
Putin claims he’s fighting Nazis in Ukraine while his regime intimidates Jews in Russia.
Forwarded from The Washington Post
The Vulkan Files: Secret trove offers rare look into Russian cyberwar ambitions
Russian intelligence agencies worked with a Moscow-based defense contractor to strengthen their ability to launch cyberattacks, sow disinformation and surveil sections of the internet, according to thousands of pages of confidential corporate documents.
The documents detail a suite of computer programs and databases that would allow Russia’s intelligence agencies and hacking groups to better find vulnerabilities, coordinate attacks and control online activity. The documents suggest the firm was supporting operations including both social media disinformation and training to remotely disrupt real-world targets.
An anonymous person provided the documents from the contractor, NTC Vulkan, to a German reporter after expressing outrage about Russia’s attack on Ukraine. The leak demonstrates another unintended consequence of President Vladimir Putin’s decision to take his country to war.
Read the full story here.
Russian intelligence agencies worked with a Moscow-based defense contractor to strengthen their ability to launch cyberattacks, sow disinformation and surveil sections of the internet, according to thousands of pages of confidential corporate documents.
The documents detail a suite of computer programs and databases that would allow Russia’s intelligence agencies and hacking groups to better find vulnerabilities, coordinate attacks and control online activity. The documents suggest the firm was supporting operations including both social media disinformation and training to remotely disrupt real-world targets.
An anonymous person provided the documents from the contractor, NTC Vulkan, to a German reporter after expressing outrage about Russia’s attack on Ukraine. The leak demonstrates another unintended consequence of President Vladimir Putin’s decision to take his country to war.
Read the full story here.
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Videos seeming to show Russian soldiers beheading Ukrainian war prisoners have drawn international condemnation.
via Foreign Policy https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/04/12/russia-ukraine-beheading-videos-wagner-group-conscription-war-crimes-putin/
via Foreign Policy https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/04/12/russia-ukraine-beheading-videos-wagner-group-conscription-war-crimes-putin/
Foreign Policy
Gruesome Videos Put Russia’s Brutality Back in the Spotlight
Videos seeming to show Russian soldiers beheading Ukrainian war prisoners have drawn international condemnation.
Forwarded from The Washington Post
Russia can fund war in Ukraine for another year despite sanctions, leaked document says
U.S. intelligence holds that Russia will be able to fund the war in Ukraine for at least another year, even under the heavy and increasing weight of unprecedented sanctions, according to leaked U.S. military documents.
The previously unreported documents provide a rare glimpse into Washington’s understanding of the effectiveness of its own economic measures, and of the tenor of the response they have met in Russia, where U.S. intelligence finds that senior officials, agencies and the staff of oligarchs are fretting over the painful disruptions — and adapting to them.
While some of Russia’s economic elites might not agree with the country’s course in Ukraine, and sanctions have hurt their businesses, they are unlikely to withdraw support for Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to an assessment that appears to date from early March.
Read more here.
U.S. intelligence holds that Russia will be able to fund the war in Ukraine for at least another year, even under the heavy and increasing weight of unprecedented sanctions, according to leaked U.S. military documents.
The previously unreported documents provide a rare glimpse into Washington’s understanding of the effectiveness of its own economic measures, and of the tenor of the response they have met in Russia, where U.S. intelligence finds that senior officials, agencies and the staff of oligarchs are fretting over the painful disruptions — and adapting to them.
While some of Russia’s economic elites might not agree with the country’s course in Ukraine, and sanctions have hurt their businesses, they are unlikely to withdraw support for Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to an assessment that appears to date from early March.
Read more here.
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The Russian president faces a growing threat from his own citizens.
via Foreign Policy https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/05/10/russian-guerrillas-are-trying-to-violently-overthrow-putin/
via Foreign Policy https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/05/10/russian-guerrillas-are-trying-to-violently-overthrow-putin/
Foreign Policy
Russian Guerrillas Are Trying to Violently Overthrow Putin
The Russian president faces a growing threat from his own citizens.
Forwarded from The Washington Post
Here is the latest from Ukraine:
- Yevgeniy Prigozhin, chief of the Russian Wagner mercenary group, said early Saturday his forces had crossed into Russia from Ukraine and entered Rostov-on-Don, 60 miles from the border.
- Russia’s Federal Security Service, or FSB, has opened a criminal case against Prigozhin over “incitement to armed rebellion” following the Wagner mercenary chief’s comments about leading a “march of justice” against his enemies in the country’s Defense Ministry.
- Several videos circulating on social media, the locations of which were verified by The Post, show unidentified armed fighters dressed in military fatigues and wearing armbands outside Russia’s Southern Military District headquarters in the city of Rostov-on-Don.
More live updates here.
- Yevgeniy Prigozhin, chief of the Russian Wagner mercenary group, said early Saturday his forces had crossed into Russia from Ukraine and entered Rostov-on-Don, 60 miles from the border.
- Russia’s Federal Security Service, or FSB, has opened a criminal case against Prigozhin over “incitement to armed rebellion” following the Wagner mercenary chief’s comments about leading a “march of justice” against his enemies in the country’s Defense Ministry.
- Several videos circulating on social media, the locations of which were verified by The Post, show unidentified armed fighters dressed in military fatigues and wearing armbands outside Russia’s Southern Military District headquarters in the city of Rostov-on-Don.
More live updates here.
Forwarded from Компромат 2.0 :: Мы решаем, что является компроматом
"Это был шквал беспорядочного огня, который убил тысячи людей и продолжает убивать тысячи".
Документальный фильм Мстислава Чернова "20 дней в Мариуполе" показали в Нью-Йорке. Эту картину уже называют "журналистским подвигом".
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9H_Fg_5x4ME
Документальный фильм Мстислава Чернова "20 дней в Мариуполе" показали в Нью-Йорке. Эту картину уже называют "журналистским подвигом".
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9H_Fg_5x4ME
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20 Days In Mariupol (trailer) | FRONTLINE
Ukrainian filmmaker and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Mstyslav Chernov offers a window into the practices of conflict zone reporters and an unflinching, anguishing account of the 20 days he and colleagues spent covering Mariupol. "20 Days in Mariupol"…