Fuck

That media and propaganda are the main reason Putin is still in power and why the whole country isn't protesting.

I guess there's a good reason we in theory have the 1A. The thing so important they put it at the top.

Since February 24, 2022, I’ve been trying to figure out whether Putin’s war is supported by majority of Russians. So far, my short answer is ‘yes’. At the same time, this support is far from being unanimous and truly enthusiastic 1/10

At the end of March, Moscow-based polling organization, the Levada Center, published shock numbers indicating that 89% of Russians support ‘actions of the Russian armed forces in Ukraine’ 2/10

This level of support has to be taken with caution as: 1) A large portion of Russians falsify their preferences; 2) Some of those who support a ‘special military operation’ do it thanks only to propaganda; 3) There are no vivid examples of sincere pro-war rallies from below 3/10

As Philipp Chapkovski and Max Schaub demonstrated in a list experiment, the level of preference falsification among Russian towards the question about a ‘special military operation’ is, at least, 15% 4/10

The main Putin’s weapon is propaganda. Biased media was responsible for such outstanding crimes as the Rwandan genocide (Yanagizawa-Drott 2014) and the Nazis’ cleanings (Adena et al. 2015), to name a few. By the same token, propaganda is the cause of many Russians’ delirium 5/10

Putin’s regime, especially these days, rests also on censorship which prevents the spread of alternative information. Literally all independent media are either blocked or prohibited in Russia. Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter aren’t available without VPN 6/10

Many people aren’t even aware of censorship. A question ‘What has happened?’ became popular in opposition activists’ jokes. This question is still in use by many Russians once they fail to use popular services or face with the lack of goods in shops 7/10

To the best of my knowledge, there haven't been any visible grassroot pro-war initiatives to date. So far, all rallies have been organized by state officials or their affiliates. Simultaneously, since February 24, more than 15,000 anti-war activists have been detained 8/10

To sum up, public support of Putin’s war isn’t as huge as it may appear from surveys. Moreover, I suppose that it could be retracted once Russians will get an access to alternative information. This belief is backed by a recent publication (Reuter, Szakonyi 2021) 9/10

Finally, the decline of economic well-being may turn Russians to update their beliefs about the regime. In August 2021, 66% of the Levada Center’s respondents confessed that high living standards outweighed geopolitical ambitions for them 10/10

Point initiated, base detonated. Piezoelectric chrystal’s in the nose. When it hits something and those are crushed, an electric current is sent back to set off the shaped charge at the back end of the cone shaped portion of an RPG-7 anti armor warhead.

There is no arming distance. They do however, self detonate at about 900m.

The anti personnel rounds only have a range of about 300m.

They can explode if you slam the nose of the round hard against something.

Hero's. Each and every one!

Well, the last time someone really pissed us off, we started by cutting their heads off and putting them on spikes as a reply. Then we finished off with not one but two atomic bombs.

And how many shitbags just like that cross into the USA from our open border?

Looks like the Russian Navy lost two ship's Captains in the last 24 hours.  The Captain of the ship hit in port died as well.

Today the commander of the "Saratov" amphibious assault ship of the #Russia'n Black Sea Fleet, Captain 2nd Rank Vladimir Khromchenkov, died in the hospital
Ship was hit by Tochka-U missile strike in port of Berdyansk pic.twitter.com/VgpahT55HW

C4H10FO2P  (@markito0171) April 15, 2022

BREAKING: Germany plans to release more than a billion euros in military aid to Ukraine

Samuel Ramani  (@SamRamani2) April 15, 2022

Under this scheme, Ukraine will buy arms with German financial support. This gets around Germany's concerns about depleting heavy weaponry stocks as it upgrades its army.  https://t.co/FmMXrikulQ

Samuel Ramani  (@SamRamani2) April 15, 2022

Mayor of Mariupol says > 20k civ cas alone.

#RussianArmy destroyed 9 cemeteries in #Kharkiv, including the memorial to the victims of totalitarianism - a mass grave for 4,302 Polish prisoners of war, 493 victims of #KatynMassacre and 2,746 Soviet citizens executed by Soviet authorities in 1937-1938 #RussiaUkraineWar pic.twitter.com/IrOGJTeP1y

— Oksana Ostapchuk (@O_Ostapchuk) April 15, 2022

Just more orcs doing orc things.

Wow

Probably 30,000, when it’s all counted. More to come.

Edit * asked and answered

Defenders have the advantage. 10x

Thanks. Wasn't sure if it was impact, revolutions ect..

I think it's just a phizo-electic (SP?) fuse in the front/rear.

And tens of thousands sent to "filtration" camps.

Russia is warning of a Ukrainian attack on Lozova in Kharkiv Oblast

The attack will consist of a Tochka-U strike from Staromikhaylovka in Donetsk on a train station in Lozova

Ukraine will then blame the Donetsk People's Republic for the attack

Samuel Ramani  (@SamRamani2) April 15, 2022

The translated details from the Russian Defence Ministry.

We should be vigilant and watch for a Kramatorsk-style attack on Lozova, which Russia will blame on Ukraine pic.twitter.com/7bvGdfMsVF

Samuel Ramani  (@SamRamani2) April 15, 2022

Poor girl. Leg is bad enough but that arm will never be the same either.

Capt 2nd rank is their O5 iirc.

As a Pole, every Russian on Ukraine soil should be chopped up and left for the dogs and vultures.

Tossed into latrines would be fitting as well.

Is that a little bottle of vodka?

Thanks.

The missiles will probably have "Made in Ukraine" stenciled on them in English.

That seems very detailed

If its the same as the post I saw this morning, it a result of them shelling the cemetery.

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