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Well, they are Good RuZZians now.

“1/ In what may be a bizarre case of mistaken identity, the Russian FSB has killed a group of Russian people it claims are pro-Ukrainian saboteurs – but who reportedly appear to be Airsoft enthusiasts who were engaged in live-action roleplay of the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. video games.

2/ The Russian media reported on 23 November that the FSB had killed three people in Voronezh who it claimed were members of a “conspiratorial cell of supporters of Ukrainian nationalist ideology.” They died during an attempt to “extract the means of terror” from a location.

3/ It’s not clear what the three men were supposedly planning. But according to the Moscow Times, two of the three were well-known participants in the Voronezh airsoft community. One used the nickname Stalker Phosgene for live-action roleplay based on the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. games.

4/ The FSB showed off a banner with an emblem in the form of a green wolf’s head in profile and the inscription “Воля” (”Will”). It was highlighted on Russian state TV with the claim that it was the “flag of the far-right [Ukrainian] nationalist party Volya”.

5/ In fact, as the Moscow Times points out, it’s a symbol from the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. games, where it’s used by a faction of Stalkers called Svoboda (Freedom).

6/ The Ukrainian political party Volya has a completely different logo.

7/ This isn’t the first time the FSB appears to have got confused by video games: in April, it apparently confused three SIM cards with the game The Sims 3. /end”

https://twitter.com/ChrisO_wiki/status/1596066963608178688


3 posted on 11/25/2022 9:15:30 AM PST by SpeedyInTexas (RuZZia is the enemy of all mankind)
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To: PIF

“Statement from a contract soldier in Russia’s 155th Naval Infantry Brigade. He says they sustained 900 casualties near Pavlivka (450-500 KIA) over the span of 3 months, and “the brigade was almost completely destroyed” and is receiving combat replacements.”

https://twitter.com/RALee85/status/1596136913995698180


4 posted on 11/25/2022 9:15:45 AM PST by SpeedyInTexas (RuZZia is the enemy of all mankind)
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