Posted on 01/25/2023 7:55:46 AM PST by SpeedyInTexas
“How the Russians got defeated in Vodyane a couple of days ago, just north of Donetsk airport during a failed assault. The 36th marine brigade and 59th motorized infantry brigade took care of it.”
https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1618163666473594880
https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1618163670516895746
“Russia cannot upgrade its T-72 and T-80 tanks which it removes from storage, to the the latest models due to sanctions. According to Russian media, the optics that are installed are older and of poorer quality. There are also problems with the installation of dynamic protection.”
https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1618143641125670913
“Blast rocks barracks housing more than 200 Russian soldiers in Mariupol”
“On the evening of January 24, a blast rocked the barracks where more than 200 Russian soldiers were stationed in Mariupol, temporarily captured by the Russian invaders.
“There is information about an explosion in the barracks in Mariupol where more than 200 Russian soldiers were stationed. The enemy’s army suffered losses. The details are being clarified,” the Mariupol City Council posted on Telegram.”
“High-ranking Russian officials are defecting. This man is aiding them”
“Vladimir Osechkin says he was walking toward his dining room table, plates of spaghetti for his children in his hands, when he spotted the red laser dancing across the wall.
He knew what was coming.
Slamming off the lights, he says he and his wife pulled their children to the ground, hurrying out of sight and into a different area of the apartment. Minutes later, Osechkin says, a would-be assassin fired, mistaking hastily arrived police officers for the Russian dissident.
For the next 30 minutes, Osechkin told CNN, his wife and children lay on the floor. His wife, nearest their children, shielded them from more bullets during the September 12 attack.
“The last 10 years I do a lot of things to protect the human rights and other people. But in this moment, I understood that my mission to help other people created a very high risk to my family,” Osechkin told CNN from France, where he’s lived since 2015 after he fled Russia and claimed asylum. He now has full-time police protection.
He’s become the champion of a growing number of high-level Russian officials defecting to the West, emboldened and disgruntled by the Kremlin’s war in Ukraine. He says ex-generals and intelligence agents are among their number.”
https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/25/europe/russia-fsb-defectors-osechkin-intl-cmd/index.html
“Hungarian Generals Ousted as Orban Overhauls Top Army Leadership“
“Hungary’s defense minister said an overhaul of senior-level military brass was underway in the NATO member state, which he called necessary to open the way for a new generation of leadership.
The timing of the changes — with war raging on in neighboring Ukraine — has sparked criticism from opposition ranks that see it as an attempt to reshape the military’s top brass into one more loyal to Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who has spent over a decade consolidating power. “
SHOCKED WORLD! The Largest Russian Submarine Sunk by Ukrainian Strikes in Crimea
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Qg4ZcRMMxc
More on NYTimes story.
“Imagery Shows How a Cemetery for Russian Mercenaries Is Expanding”
“Recent satellite imagery and video footage offer a rare look at combat fatalities sustained by the Wagner mercenary group in Ukraine.”
“A cemetery used by the notorious Russian mercenary group Wagner has grown rapidly in size over the past several months, according to interviews and an analysis by The New York Times of satellite imagery and video footage. The expanded burial ground is rare visual evidence that shows the toll the invasion of Ukraine is taking on Wagner, especially its rank-and-file soldiers.
The expansion coincides with a bloody offensive by Russian soldiers and mercenaries to gain ground in eastern Ukraine. The U.S. government says that Wagner’s battlefield casualties are in the thousands and that 90 percent of them are inmates who were recruited to fight in exchange for being released from prison, assuming they survived.
A satellite image captured on Jan. 24 shows about 170 burial plots in an area of the cemetery known to hold Wagner fighters, a number that has increased to nearly seven times that seen on satellite imagery just two months ago.”
“Russia Orders Closure of Country’s Oldest Human Rights Group”
“A Russian court on Wednesday ordered the closure of the Moscow Helsinki Group, the country’s oldest human rights organization, amid an accelerating crackdown on the remnants of civil society since President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.
The group was founded in 1976 at the height of the Cold War by Soviet dissidents and rights activists to monitor compliance with the Helsinki Accords, a pact intended to promote detente between East and West. “
“German Business Outlook Brightens as Recession May Be Dodged”
“Germany’s business outlook brightened further as the recession many had feared after Russia attacked Ukraine looks increasingly likely to be avoided.
A gauge of expectations by the Ifo institute rose to 86.4 in January from 83.2 the previous month. That’s the fourth consecutive improvement and a bigger increase than economists had anticipated. A measure of current conditions slipped, however.”
“Replacing weapons and other equipment NATO countries sent to Ukraine could lead to nearly $22 billion in sales for the U.S. defense industry, according to a report from the think tank Foundation for Defense of Democracies.
The FDD’s Center on Military and Political Power also said that restoring the NATO allies’ arsenals could also lower the Pentagon’s cost of obtaining weapons.
“It would also enhance the quality of the weapons U.S. warfighters wield and strengthen U.S. defense industrial base capacity,” the authors of the report added.”
This appears to be a daily propaganda dump, maybe some of it’s true, maybe not. There’s plenty of pro-Russian propaganda out there too.
What’s fact and fiction should be sorted out when the war finally ends. And I hope that happens yesterday.
Moving vehicles are being "tracked" or followed automatically by the drones.
Stationary vehicles, including armored vehicles, are being destroyed by unguided artillery.
Very cost effective.
Very busy day. Thanks for the posts.
Do you know what the definition of propaganda is?
If something is factual, it is not propaganda.
What have I posted that is not factual? Please let me know, so I can post a disclaimer / correction.
“Slovakia is ready to send 30 T-72 tanks to Ukraine “immediately” provided it can receive Western tanks to replace them, Defence Minister says - Reuters”
https://twitter.com/Faytuks/status/1618282254803038216
“Biden announces decision to send 31 Abrams tanks to Ukraine.”
https://twitter.com/KyivIndependent/status/1618294711189639174
Yes, Slow Poke. Most of us do.
If something is factual, it is not propaganda.
No, Slow Poke, that is not even close to the defining characteristic of "propaganda".
It is a common technique of skilled propagandists to include some facts in their narrative. Effective propaganda is rarely composed of lies and only lies.
Here's a better definition for you, Slow Poke:
Propaganda is communication that is primarily used to influence or persuade an audience to further an agenda, which may not be objective and may be selectively presenting facts to encourage a particular synthesis or perception, or using loaded language to produce an emotional rather than a rational response to the information that is being presented.Propaganda can be found in news and journalism, government, advertising, entertainment, education, and activism[2] and is often associated with material which is prepared by governments as part of war efforts, political campaigns, health campaigns, revolutionaries, big businesses, ultra-religious organizations, the media, and certain individuals such as soapboxers.
With that more accurate definition in mind it's quite clear to all objective readers that you are engaged in a propaganda operation here on Free Republic. As just one simple piece of evidence: how many Free Republic posters create endless threads and post 20 or more unanswered articles every day for months.
The only other thread which was vaguely like this was (is) the Q Anon thread. And that was set up at the specific request of Free Republic's owner to contain the highly contentious Q topic from spreading into every thread on the board.
And of course each Q thread runs until it gets to about 2,000 posts, from hundreds of different Freepers. That's a far cry from your pathetic little threads which are routinely 50% you and your co-conspirator.
If you had to hit a '2000 legit responses' threshold of participation before refreshing your thread you'd still be on your first post, not your 100th (or whatever it is.)
Confirmed:
🇩🇪 14x Leopard 2A6
🇵🇱 14x Leopard 2 (A5?)
🇪🇸 53x Leopard 2A4
🇵🇹 4x Leopard 2A6
🇬🇧 14x Challenger 2
🇺🇸 31x Abrams M1A1
🇳🇴 up to 8x Leopard 2A4NO
Waiting:
🇸🇪 14x Leopard 2A5
🇳🇱 14x Leopard 2 (A5?)
🇫🇮 10x Leopard (A5?)
🇩🇰 6 Leopard 2A5
https://twitter.com/Tendar/status/1618297881328504833
propaganda: false or misleading information
I posted Portugal is planning to send 4 Leopard 2A6 to Ukraine.
Is that false or misleading?
Is the real number 3 or 5. Send corrections so they can get posted.
“Norwegian Defense Minister Bjørn Arild Gram confirms that Norway will send Leopard 2 tanks. Number not disclosed yet but talk is that 8 units will be transferred.”
https://twitter.com/Tendar/status/1618297281987637248
Vugledar
“Should note that a spokesman for the Ukrainian general staff does now say that fighting is occurring within the city. Remains unconfirmed as of now.”
“Spokesman of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Andriy Kovalev, - heavy battles are currently taking place in Vugledar, Katsap forces are storming the city.”
https://twitter.com/IntelCrab/status/1618296138213494784
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