Posted on 11/15/2019 8:34:54 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
KYIV, Ukraine—As the Russian shells and rockets rained down on them in the frontline town of Debaltseve in February 2015, Ukrainian troops began to receive curious, anonymous text messages on their cellphones.
“Your comrades nearby already left their positions, so you should leave yours as well,” one message read.
The messages also claimed that Petro Poroshenko, Ukraine’s president at that time, as well as Ukrainian military commanders, had “betrayed” their soldiers.
The Ukrainian military later concluded that Russian military forces had taken over the local cellphone network with mobile jamming stations.
The text messages were part of a psychological operation against Ukrainian troops—not too different in its intent from dropping propaganda leaflets from airplanes, a psychological warfare technique that dates back to World War I as a way to demoralize troops.
“Fake news is a weapon,” my friend Viktor Kovalenko told me.
Kovalenko, who is a former journalist and a Ukrainian army combat veteran of the Debaltseve battle, added: “Via fake news, Russians wanted to defeat Ukrainians the same way … as by artillery and tanks.”
In Ukraine, Russian military forces have combined World War I and II era weapons and tactics—such as artillery bombardments, tank attacks, and trench warfare—with weapons unique to the 21st-century battlefield, such as cyberattacks and sophisticated social media propaganda campaigns.
In 1943, in the midst of World War II, British air chiefs declared that the objective of their Combined Bomber Offensive was “the progressive destruction of the German military, industrial, and economic systems and undermining the morale of the German people to a point where their armed resistance is fatally weakened.”
That edict from the 1940s sounds a lot like the goals of contemporary Russian hybrid warfare.
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PING!
See. Democrats working hand in hand with Russians.
“And, taking advantage of historically low levels of confidence in journalism...”
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How is this is different from the output of the Lamestream Media and the Progtard Dildocrats, blast faxes of talking points?
The only difference is that the vicious deranged democrats are our “family” and will get slaughtered once their fake news favor the invading enemy, all the while they blackmail us with climate change empowerment.
Well in conflicts attacking the enemies communications is vital...so it should not be at all surprising Russia’s affecting cell phone usage in that conflict area.
When Russia went into Crimea they totally shut down Ukraines military Communications very early which shut down any miltary response.....’Our’ military leaders in Nato were absolutely stunned in how much further along Russia was in their technological advances, which they admitted they had greatly underestimated.... The upside of that event was Russia actually ‘exposed’ those advances so now we know.
Well in conflicts attacking the enemies communications is vital...so it should not be at all surprising Russia’s affecting cell phone usage in that conflict area.
When Russia went into Crimea they totally shut down Ukraines military Communications very early which shut down any miltary response.....’Our’ military leaders in Nato were absolutely stunned in how much further along Russia was in their technological advances, which they admitted they had greatly underestimated.... The upside of that event was Russia actually ‘exposed’ those advances so now we know.
What’s a soldier doing with a cell phone in a war zone anyway???
Trump is standing by Ukraine in their fight against Russia. He has released real military aid. More to come.
Every peace of equipment US ‘releases’ there isn’t allowed anywhere near rebel area anyway.
They need to use it.
Yep, they sold it to the Confederates on numerous occasions before despite deployment ban. Mostly US reconnaissance drones and counter-battery radars. I am waiting to see Javelins in rebel hands. Guaranteed won’t take long.
Is it time to bring Ukraine into NATO?
Yep, do it. :)
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