Russia - threadbanned users in OP

Graphic war coverage started with WW1 and has been part of every conflict since. You could take the view that the proliferation of such videos of the reality of war will actually hasten it's conclusion. Let's just hope that these videos are seeping back to the Russian citizenry who have supported the barbarous nature of their invasion of a neighbour. The more videos like this and the more body bags going back, the better.

Atrocities of war are more than death. Again, would people be up for watching videos of rape and torture? I'm sure it wouldn't take long to find them. Are these links meant to be educational? How many videos are needed to drive home man's inhumanity to man?

I'm not going to labour the point, if people and mods are happy then I won't bring it up.

Meh,maybe those russians back home thinking of volunteering will watch these videos and think twice,

This person is happy with how that video was posted.

I don't usually revel in death, but nice to see this fella taken out.

Another shocking story about the Kremlin's tactics:-

The thought of this thread being some sort of Irish frontline in Russia's state sponsored cyber war sounds exciting but I doubt it. That's something that started here and grew legs as quickly as the lads losing them in the real war.

Every thread on here over the last 10 + years involving anything to do with Russia is proof of that ,so many people posting about how much they adored putin and the loved the way putin was putting it to the west,and at the same time telling us how much the EU and Nato were full of corruption, ukraine was full of far right neo Nazi's,

This thread has mainly become about sharing information on the war in Ukraine. While we're at that, if we can put a few trolls back in their boxes, what harm? Although I'm sure there's no-one here thinks they're helping win the war one post at a time, the trolls' little talking points do trickle down into wider public consciousness and can than affect political outcomes if allowed to run unchallenged. Troll farms wouldn't be a thing if there wasn't value in influencing online opinion.

Supposedly committed suicide. A lot of that going around lately in Mordor.

I don’t imagine us to be galantly holding some line in the cyber-battle for hearts and minds in this War, but this is a Russian propaganda tactic and directly or indirectly these troll posts are the work of Russia’s government.

But rather than glitzy cloak & dagger types skulking around KGB offices in Moscow our opponents here are likely a lad named “Dimetry”. He sits in a crowded & dank little office in Wagner’s St.Petersperg HQ. Hunched over his crappy little Chinese-built netbook, he’s 5 rows away from the room’s only window and he daydreams of nicer places where can use his English. But sure enough, he has to go back to work. His job is to cover sites in Ireland, Wales and bits of Scotland.

And so he chugs away, posting on Facebook groups and forums. Eventually it’s time to try Boards again…even though he’ll get banned again in 5 mins. It’s a crap life…but at least he’s alive…at least he hasn’t been re-assigned to the south….yet….

Omg he looks so young - like a teenager. (Or am I just an aul wan??)

Difficult to link this radiant boyish face with that piece of brutal trench warfare footage displaying such cool, adeptness, bravery.

If you're referring to the Uighurs, seems pretty awful. Historically, the Brits Tasmania etc. seemed to be global leaders in the crime of ethnic cleansing but in the 21st century the Chinese are competing with Sudan et al

The ICC arrest warrant was interesting as USA, UAE and Saudi Arabia who are currently committing war crimes in Yemen do not engage in kidnapping or re-education like Russia/ China so it was a good selection by the USA. As pointed out by Michael Tracy https://spotify.link/3qwaaVXduyb the US government backed Yale investigation that formed the basis of the ICC arrest warrant is generally seen as independent from the USA which worked.

Slaughtering children in Yemen and Afghanistan is okay. Re-education and child relocation in Russia requires ICC arrest warrant. It's a strange dichotomy. One might think they would both be illegal. What do you think?

Ah well.

Im sure he’s alright safe and sound in Ireland away from his leader and his gang of merrymen raping and killing their neighbours.

He will be ok me thinks.

It’s an unmoderated echo chamber, very Putinesque!