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Ukraine has won ‘Battle of Kharkiv’ The Institute for the Study of War says evidence suggests Russia moving to fully withdraw amid a strong Ukrainian counteroffensive.
Al Jazeera ^ | 13 May 2022 | Kate Mayberry

Posted on 05/13/2022 11:23:35 PM PDT by Cronos

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To: Cronos

The theories these pro Russians come up with are just silly. Never heard such an explanation before.

The only logical translation would be, the Russians were getting hammered by artillery, so they withdrew out of range.


61 posted on 05/15/2022 4:12:08 AM PDT by Williams (Stop Tolerating The Intolerant)
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To: wardaddy

you haven’t watched RT? That’s propaganda on a huge scale.


62 posted on 05/15/2022 5:05:05 AM PDT by Cronos
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To: Cathi; All

The Silksworth Post: Your Global Village is not a credentialed news source.
Started in April, 2022.

This information may help discernment of FAKE NEWS site:

- There is no founder.

- Reporters are random no imprints or information on copyright and authors. IF THIS TYPE OF INFORMATION IS MISSING YOU SHOULD NOT TRUST THIS SOURCE OF SCARED CONTENT.

- A new social media account sharing sensational content could point to a social bot or internet troll.

- Targeted misinformation: Fictitious piece of information shared for self-serving interests. Targeted misinformation is often directed at groups that are most susceptible and easily accept sharing polarizing content without verifying its authenticity.

- Visual content can be quickly taken out of context.


63 posted on 05/15/2022 5:37:11 AM PDT by UMCRevMom@aol.com (et, so me )
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To understand the dangers of SOCIAL BOTS and how to recognize them, you need to know how bot technology works. This is followed by a brief outline of what a bot is and an explanation of the bot types that exist.

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Fact

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https://www.ionos.com/digitalguide/online-marketing/social-media/social-bots/


64 posted on 05/15/2022 6:53:18 AM PDT by UMCRevMom@aol.com (et, so me )
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To: Cronos

Thank you for your research & info given!
I really appreciate four posts & comments.


65 posted on 05/15/2022 7:08:38 AM PDT by UMCRevMom@aol.com (et, so me )
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To: Cronos

I said both sides do it but it’s hard to find the opposing side.....big media tech suppresses all they can

I do find a lot of footage and on-site stuff from Telegram

The messaging site but I can’t tell which side till I see the uniforms or equipment

Can’t make anything from the language since it’s Russian or Uke

But I did see the pontoon bombardment with I assume western gear at use maybe with our advisors ....early before it hit media where it’s been shown now 100s of times


66 posted on 05/15/2022 10:41:02 AM PDT by wardaddy (Have you ever seen more crazy assed women than on parade nowadays.....it's astounding ...and ugly.)
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To: Cronos

By the way ISW ....the site you link....here....is a very pro our escalation in Uke war site...which is fine....but it’s funded by what Eisenhower called the military industrial complex

Those most to benefit from any lack of detente...old word ...with Russia or Red China by continuing crazy arms buildup and more and more 135 million each fighter bombers etc

Just saying

It’s NeoCon on adderall


67 posted on 05/15/2022 10:47:24 AM PDT by wardaddy (Have you ever seen more crazy assed women than on parade nowadays.....it's astounding ...and ugly.)
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To: woodpusher
On this matter, UK intel is worth about as much as the opinions of the heads of 17 US intel agencies.

Concurring bump...their negative "narrative" really hasn't changed since the conflict started.


68 posted on 05/15/2022 10:56:57 AM PDT by mac_truck (aide toi et dieu t'aidera )
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To: wardaddy
I’ve not in my life seen propaganda of this scale in my lifetime

This has been on a unique scale since the outset. It is a manufactured conflict with a massive propaganda effort. The propaganda effort for the COVID-19 vaccine, or experimental non-vaccine, was also significant. The entire Biden campaign might be viewed as a marketing campaign to sell a mentally incompetent sleaze. The timing of COVID was fantastically fortuitious as it enabled Biden to skip the campaign and prevented Trump from holding stadium rallies. The war was the cure for COVID. It just went away.

Vietnam coverage before Tet was nothing like this as I recall as a lad at the dinner table in our tiny den

Vietnam had real coverage by real reporters. This farce has stenographers in a hotel room in Lviv or Kyiv duly "reporting" what Ukraine provides to them.

I am confident there is an ample supply of propaganda on the other side, but that is largely censored from our virgin eyes and ears. It would appear pro-Ukraine propaganda is so bad it fears competition from TASS or Pravda.

I simply do not find the reporting in general to be credible. Saying Ukraine is defeating Russia, or will defeat Russia, defies reason. I'm waiting to see Ukraine make an effort to beat back the Russians at Mariupol, or what's left of Mariupol.

Zelensky can't surrender because he has not yet been given permission to surrender. When this is over, Ukraine will take stock of the destruction and Zelensky will take up residence elsewhere, perhaps the UK. Where will Ukraine get the money to rebuild? The EU has to borrow money to support Ukraine now. The U.S. economy is being driven into a ditch. It may officially enter into recession with the next quarterly report. If the Dems lose the Congress at the midterms, the leftist dingbats may get reined in. Ukraine will be yesterday's problem. They will not even get membership in the EU. They will have to come to terms with living next door to nasty neighbors. They may have to come to terms with needing a passport to visit the beach.

The faux outrage over Russia insisting on not having NATO on its doorstep is interesting as we have two oceans and assert two continents must remain free of foreign military. We not only prohibit the foreign military to be there; we prohibit any nation of the two continents to permit it on their territory.

The ruble is doing fine and Russian oil sells at a very high profit. The prior low gas prices were the biggest threat to the Russian economy. Russia should give Biden a medal for fixing that.

And the BRICS (plus Saudis) are seeking to establish an alternative reserve currency. And who facilitated putting the BRICS together? Goldman Sachs.

69 posted on 05/15/2022 8:09:59 PM PDT by woodpusher
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