TheOldGuy @TheOldGuy@qoto.org
I am a Democrat who supports Ukraine in their battle against The Russian fascist invaders.
I am a 73 year old Covid hermit who
lives on 10 acres in a sparsely populated area of the Ozarks. I heat with wood that is leftover by the lumber industry. When cutting oak for lumber only the trunk is used.
The largest town is population 2993. The county is 13k people scattered over 713 square miles.
Joined Dec 2022
"There is a Ukrainian flag on the administration building. A Ukrainian soldier told me to learn Ukrainian and prepare for a referendum. I am in shock. Honestly I don't care what flag we are under, as long as its peaceful. If our own can't protect us, maybe Ukrainians can." A Russian man from Kursk. @ukrainejournal
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The latest Su-57 fighter jets were stationed at the Russian Aerospace Forces airbase in Lipetsk, where long-range drones launched a successful nighttime attack, according to Defence Express.
The airbase, located 280 km from Ukraine's border, was targeted by a large-scale raid involving several dozen UAVs. The drones managed to penetrate Russian air defenses, delivering a significant blow to an aviation ammunition warehouse.
Local authorities announced the evacuation of several villages due to the detonation of explosive materials. The scale of the explosions was so large that NASA's satellite monitoring of fires captured it.
Interestingly, the Lipetsk airbase also serves as a training center for pilots on the new "fifth generation" Su-57 aircraft. However, it's unclear whether these aircraft were present during the attack or if they sustained any damage. If they were hit, this would mark the second such incident, following an earlier attack on the Akhtubinsk airfield.
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The Supreme Court of the Czech Republic upheld the sentence of a sniper who fought against Ukraine
On August 2, the Supreme Court of the Czech Republic confirmed the sentence of 21 years in prison to Alois Polak, who fought in the Donbas in the ranks of pro-Russian separatists. The 52-year-old citizen of the Czech Republic was convicted in absentia and is wanted. The investigation found that from 2016 to 2020, he killed at least four servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The investigation found that from 2016 to 2020, he killed at least four servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The Supreme Court made the decision without a public hearing.
In December 2016, Alois Polak left the Czech Republic for the part of Donbas not controlled by Ukraine and took an active part in the battles against the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the ranks of the so-called "Republican Guard". At first, he served as a sniper and later became a platoon commander.
If Alois Polák returns to the Czech Republic in the future, he will have the opportunity to request a new trial of his case. In this case, the sentence will automatically be revoked, and a trial will be appointed, the sentence for which cannot be harsher than the previous one.
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Poland prepares for a war with Russia
"We will no become a Russian colony."
Poland already spends more than four per cent of its GDP on defence, but plans to increase the amount. Billions in purchases also attract criticism.
"We want to show that we are not ready to give up a single square centimetre of our land," Piotrowski, spokesman for the 1st Armoured Brigade in Warsaw said.
The country has become one of Europe's most important military powers in a short period of time. Staggeringly large arms purchases worth billions of euros have been reported frequently in Poland. It is the only NATO country to spend more than four per cent of its GDP on defence this year and will conclude more than 150 contracts for various weapons systems worth more than 23 billion euros.
But can Poland afford this? As recently as last year, Radosław Sikorski, representing the opposition, doubted the ability of the Polish economy to make such massive purchases.
"I don't think it's self-evident that Poland will be able to pay for all this," he said. Now Sikorski is the country's foreign minister, and suspicions of bills have turned into increasingly ambitious declarations. "Next year we will spend five percent of GDP on defense," Sikorski declared in July.
Poland's armament has been made possible by the country's strong economic growth as a member of the European Union. In May, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk declared that Poles would be wealthier than the British in five years' time. Procurement also enjoys broad popular support.
And now Poland has declared its goal to build the best and largest ground forces in Europe. "This is necessary because we have suddenly woken up to the fact that we are on the front line of both Russia and Belarus," Świerczyński said.
Poland's intentions do not seem to be just words. A couple of weeks ago, NATO published fresh figures on the troops of its member countries. Poland has become the third largest army in the alliance with 216,000 troops, surpassing France and Germany.
Moreover Poland has set itself the goal of an army of 300,000 soldiers.
Russia has been irritated by Poland's rearmament. For example, former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has called Poland a "dangerous enemy" and said the country should not exist. Drunk Dima also said that Poland's military build-up and the presence of Polish soldiers in Ukraine could cause a direct conflict between Russia, Belarus and Poland.
For his part, Prime Minister Tusk has said that Europe is living in a pre-war era.
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Publication of a Russian-linked fake news site led to anti-migrant pogroms in the UK.
The wave of misinformation that led to anti-migrant riots in several UK cities was launched by the fake news site Channel3 Now. According to anti-disinformation experts interviewed by The Telegraph, the site is “clearly connected to Russia.”
Following the Southport dance studio attack in which three girls aged between 6 and 9 were killed, Channel3 Now published a “news story” reporting that the attacker was "17-year-old Muslim refugee Ali Al-Shaqati." But Al-Shakati has never existed.
Channel3 Now, a website that masquerades as a legitimate US news outlet but acts as an “aggregator” for real news stories as well as fake viral claims, published the claim on the back of speculation which appeared to have started on X, just two minutes after blogger Bernie Spofforth’s post who constantly spreads conspiracy theories .
Channel3 Now's tweet, which has 3.000 subscribers, collected 27 million views. This was possible because “many Channel3 Now subscribers are bots that share viral messages,” explained Stephen Hutchings, professor of Russian studies at the University of Manchester and principal investigator of the anti-disinformation project (Mis)Translating Deceit.
What had begun as a trickle then became a flood, sending the conspiracy theory pouring out through social media anew, where the name was boosted by thousands of other Russia-linked accounts before being repeated by authentic Russian state media, which cited Channel3 Now in its reporting.
The claim was meanwhile picked up by far-Right figures such as Tommy Robinson – founder of the anti-immigrant English Defence League, which played a major role in instigating the riots in Southport and elsewhere this week – and notorious influencer Andrew Tate, whose posts about Al-Shakati garnered millions of views and hundreds of thousands of likes.
And as news of the attacker’s supposed identity spread, anger grew, sparking the riots that rocked the Merseyside town that evening before spreading out across the country.
After a mourning ceremony for the dead children, pogroms began in Southport. Hundreds of people gathered outside the mosque and began throwing bricks, bottles and other objects at the mosque and the police. At least 39 police officers were injured . Anti-migrant pogroms later took place in Hartpool and Sunderland in the North-East of Great Britain.
However, the real suspect named in court was Axel Rudakubana, born 2006 in Cardiff to Rwandan parents.
Channel3 Now is part of a complex web of disinformation, Hutchings said. In 2019, the channel was renamed and began publishing English-language videos about Pakistan, suggesting it had been “hijacked and repurposed” rather than being part of a disinformation network in the first place.
▪️The channel has been operating under its current name for two years. In 2023, it registered a domain in Lithuania. The site's IP address belongs to two Pakistani citizens.
▪️The site has one author named James Lawley, whose LinkedIn account says he owns a gardening company in Canada. A search of Lawley's LinkedIn photo yielded no results. Also, there are no other mentions of his company online. Probably this 'James Lawley' does not really exist.
▪️When the name of the real suspect became known, the Channel3 Now YouTube channel disappeared, and a statement apologizing for the “misleading information” appeared on the publication’s website.
This rebuttal is an “authentication technique,” says Hutchings. “They need to create the impression that they made an innocent mistake.”
In recent years, Russia has created several disinformation networks aimed at foreign audiences. There are many like it, who post hundreds of stories a day with a pro-Russian or anti-western slant intended to sow confusion and destabilise society in Britain and elsewhere.
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😏The train stations at Sudzha, Korenevo, and Psel in the Kursk region of russia are "temporarily closed" to passengers, Moscow Railway (one of the branches of Russian Railways) reported.
🇺🇦🔜 Map of the approximate advancement of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kursk region of russia from Radio Svoboda.
According to some estimates, one of the spearheads of the Ukrainian counter-attack against russia is approximately half-way (~30 km) from the Ukrainian border and Kurchatov, where the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant is located (top right circle).
Other locations in the directions of a possible two or three-pronged direction of movement are the towns of Lgov (middle circle) and Rylsk (left circle).
I am a Democrat who supports Ukraine in their battle against The Russian fascist invaders.
I am a 73 year old Covid hermit who
lives on 10 acres in a sparsely populated area of the Ozarks. I heat with wood that is leftover by the lumber industry. When cutting oak for lumber only the trunk is used.
The largest town is population 2993. The county is 13k people scattered over 713 square miles.
Joined Dec 2022
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