VIDEOS
1. SURROUNDED: Russian Bunker Surrendered | Russia Needs a Mobilisation | Ukrainian Update
Artur Rehi
661K subscribers
10-4-2023
17 Minutes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAd-U8rBo1o
UPDATE:
Based on reports from RUSSIAN STATE-OWNED news sources, social media users claimed as many as 10,000 Ukrainian soldiers opted to surrender to Russia in early October 2023 via a “special radio frequency.” There is NO EVIDENCE that is true.
In early October 2023, a rumor was circulated online that Ukraine was surrendering to Russia. “Special radio frequency being used so that Ukrainian soldiers can safely surrender to Russian forces,” one X (formerly Twitter) user claimed. “Thousands of Ukrainian soldiers are opting to surrender to the Russian Army. These surrenders were seen even through a newly established Russian radio frequency,” the comment continued. Moreover, the in-question post on X had a photograph attached, allegedly depicting Ukrainian soldiers in an act of surrender.
X user @JimFergusonUK
@TheRedactedInc the hosts of the Redacted show claimed that “the Western media is not gonna show you this story.”
1. The source of the photo visible in the viral post. TinEye’s reverse-image search results showed that it had circulated online since at least April 2022. For instance, Reuters reported that on April 13, 2022, “Russian state TV released what it said was footage of Ukrainian soldiers surrendering in the city of Mariupol.” However, Reuters was NOT ABLE to verify the authenticity of the video.
2. No media outlets confirmed any of the above-mentioned claims about Ukraine surrendering to Russia and thousands of Ukrainian soldiers laying down arms.
3. An article published on SEPT. 27, 2023, by RT, a RUSSIAN STATE-CONTROLLED international news television network:
- More than 10,000 of Kiev’s forces have reportedly laid down arms in recent weeks, using a special radio channel to contact the Russian military
- large numbers of Ukrainian troops have surrendered to the Russian military in recent weeks, using a special radio frequency designed for fighters willing to lay down arms, TASS reported on Wednesday.
- The frequency, 149.200 call sign ‘Volga’, was set up by the Russian military during the summer. Thus far, it has been used by more than 10,000 Ukrainian servicemen who were subsequently taken into Russian custody, according to a source with knowledge of the situation cited by TASS. The person added that the radio frequency is active along the entire front line.
- “More than 10,0000 Ukrainian soldiers have chosen life and used the 149.200 ‘Volga’ frequency to surrender. The prisoners are well-fed and are provided with all the necessary medical care,” the source stated.
The RT article stemmed from another article published by THE RUSSIAN NEWS AGENCY TASS, that claimed to have obtained all the above information from “operational services”
Russian-owned websites such as Sputnik, copy-pasted the in-question information online and spread pro-Russian propaganda “to prevent pointless bloodshed among by Ukrainian soldiers.”
It is MOST LIKELY ‘the rumor’ about Ukraine surrendering to Russia in 2023 was deliberately spread by Russian officials and another example of Russian disinformation efforts.
I would presume if their were such a radio channel that it could be blocked with available technology that the Ukrainian Army should certainly know all about.
Ryan MacBeth on his YouTube and Twitter channels covers Deceptive Imagery Persuasion (DIP). Take a video or picture out of context or lie, create a narrative, then spread it among friendly channels. The catch is, when people catch on to this, the friendly channels are recognized as spreading Russian propaganda.
Too many conservatives are falling for the enemy of my enemy is my friend. The reality, is the enemy of my enemy is views them as useful idiots.