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Austrian investigators have uncovered a Russian FSB-linked disinformation network that posed as “pro-Ukraine activists” — while actually trying to turn Europeans against Ukraine 💥🧠 UNITED24 reports
According to Profil magazine, chat logs show fugitive ex-Wirecard executive Jan Marsalek coordinating the operation with Russian intelligence-linked associates 📲
The tactic? Fake pro-Ukraine graffiti and stickers plastered across Vienna — some featuring neo-Nazi symbols — were designed to provoke outrage and backlash against Ukraine.
Putin was personally leading a neo nazi group to do the same grafitti in west berlin during his time in east berlin. He had the leader of the group in west berlin, Rainer Sonntag completely under his thumb and to do his orders. The grafitti was to stop western investment in Berlin and to show those in eastern germany that there be nazi's over the border.
Of course.
Serbian militants are fighting for Russia in Ukraine in the belief Russia will help them regain territory lost in the Balkan Wars of the 1990s.
Russia has been fanning the flames in Bosnia and Kosovo during this war, no doubt hoping to tie down Europe there.
I think the same. Zelensky knows how to play this. He will make it look like Ukraine is open to peace (which they of course are but not the way Putin and Trump want) and then when Russia unavoidably refuses again he keeps the moral high ground.
It's happened pretty much every time so far.
Detailed analysis of Russia's economic woes, now being partially admitted by propagandists like Solovyev. Of course they dont blame Putin. Solovyevs solution is another purge, or as he calls it "SMERSH", the name of a Stalinist organisation involved in the purges. "SMERSH" stands for "death to spies"
One third of Russians dont have indoor plumbing. 40% have trouble affording food.
Also 11 minutes into the video below, an argument between officials and Kursk residents whose compensation has been cancelled by Putin. A woman who protested has been detained.
Are tanks even a thing anymore in this war? Russia seems to have burned through most of what they had.
Are Ukraine still producing tanks on the battlefield?
Appeals to morality won't do much good when dealing with Trump's US and moral consistency isn't a language Trump understands or cares to learn.
European leaders are a better audience for the moral high ground, but they continue to supplicate to the US, who is not their friend.
And Putin's attitude remains that the whole country should come under Russian control. He's not going to cause a million Russian casualties just to hold the eastern and southern fringe of Ukraine. It would be politically untenable.
European countries must step up, here and either back Ukraine in war or back it in peace.
GSC, the Ukrainian games company behind the Cossacks series in the early 2000s, has been designated a "undesirable organisation" by Russia, accusing it of supporting Ukraine and producing material that negatively portrays Russia (a politically motivated ban, not an industry status change)
There are some people who can’t see beyond their own front door. If you don’t think Russia is directly threatening us, at least concede that it is threatening parts of the EU on whom our prosperity depends.
Unfortunately, we are dealing with the “l’état, c’est moi” mentality here. Putin may well carry on with his war until Russia is ruined. Then we could have China nearby.
Well run countries don’t wait until the threat is at their border. From the Daily Telegraph:
Germany is to send troops to dig trenches and build anti-tank barriers on Poland’s borders with Belarus and Russia, Friedrich Merz has announced.The German chancellor said Europe could not rely on US support to counter Russia, as Moscow continues to breach Nato countries’ airspace with drones, aircraft and balloons.From next April, soldiers will focus on defensive “pioneering activities” such as “establishing positions, constructing trench systems, laying barbed wire, or erecting tank barriers” as part of supporting Poland’s Eastern Shield, Germany’s defence ministry told Bild.
Germany is to send troops to dig trenches and build anti-tank barriers on Poland’s borders with Belarus and Russia, Friedrich Merz has announced.
The German chancellor said Europe could not rely on US support to counter Russia, as Moscow continues to breach Nato countries’ airspace with drones, aircraft and balloons.
From next April, soldiers will focus on defensive “pioneering activities” such as “establishing positions, constructing trench systems, laying barbed wire, or erecting tank barriers” as part of supporting Poland’s Eastern Shield, Germany’s defence ministry told Bild.
Who would have guessed the russian were lying when they said they had already captured Kupyansk.
I saw a number of videos published by Ukrainian units last night and it shows the carnage they're doing to the Russians around Pokrovsk. Insane how little value the Russians have for life.
Russia's tactics is to use cannon fodder to probe weaknesses in Ukraine defense.
Great sound track
Where do you see these videos? On Telegram?
How do I find them?
Looks like they are using Thermite again?
Not much survives an encounter with Thermite…
Darth Putin.
Nail.
Head.
I believe Geraldine has a dental appointment this morning so isn’t available to take Putin’s call..
Just as a bit of clarification with regard to German military parlance, "pioneer", or Pionier in German, is simply the term used for the Bundeswehr's combat engineer units. Just in case certain individuals want to twist Merz's use of the phrase into something it isn't.
We're flat broke yet have a €25 Bn budget surplus…..how does that work ?
From AI:
The exact text of the agreement regarding the RAF potentially policing Irish airspace is not publicly available, as it is a long-standing, confidential security arrangement. Irish and UK government officials treat the agreement as a sensitive national security matter and have generally declined to comment on its specific details. What is known about the arrangement:
The exact
text of the agreement
regarding the RAF potentially policing Irish airspace is
not publicly available
, as it is a long-standing, confidential security arrangement. Irish and UK government officials treat the agreement as a sensitive national security matter and have generally declined to comment on its specific details. What is known about the arrangement:
Nature of the Agreement
: It is generally described as a "secret" or confidential understanding, established in the early 1950s during the Cold War and updated since (including after the 9/11 attacks), to allow the UK's Royal Air Force (RAF) to intercept "hostile" or non-responsive aircraft in Irish sovereign airspace or the Irish Flight Information Region (FIR) in the event of a threat.
Reasoning
: The agreement exists because the Irish Air Corps currently lacks the necessary jet aircraft or primary radar capabilities to effectively monitor and intercept such threats.
Legal/Constitutional Challenge
: Independent Senator Gerard Craughwell has initiated High Court legal action, arguing that the agreement is unconstitutional because, as an international agreement, it should have been laid before Dáil Éireann (the Irish parliament) for approval. The Irish State has argued that the arrangement is an agreement of a "technical and administrative character" and thus does not require Dáil approval under Article 29.5.3 of the Constitution.
Official Statements
: Government spokespeople typically state that they do not comment on national security matters but assure the public that any arrangements are consistent with Ireland's sovereign decision-making authority and its policy of military neutrality.
On twitter.
Follow accounts such as the below and you'll see the footage
https://x.com/ukraine_map/status/2000499684511813839
https://x.com/414magyarbirds?lang=en
Something sank....maybe...pipeline gone boom?
But can't they just tell him that everything is going fine ?
Thanks to autocorrect, Gerasimov is now Geraldine!!
Yes, I was thinking they could use them on the porcupine tanks. Burns through metal like paper.
This one has gone on a bit longer than its predecessors. There's even more Epstein stuff than usual to distract from. However, I do not expect the outcome to be any different.
I was a bit worried when I saw your post until I opened the tweet and saw 'for the Russians'.
If you are happy that figure represents a buffer against the significant fiscal headwinds coming our way and long term funding challenges. I applaud your optimism and wish i could view things through a similar lens.
Yeah, that's weak. You said we are flat broke. You got called out, because what you said is patently incorrect. You are either really ignorant of the nation's finances, or else you are pushing a "we cannot afford to defend ourselves nor should we even try" narrative to the point of gaslighting.
