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this post in particular suggests that Putin's attempts at information control are not working as intended

Anti-war feeling is growing in Russia with people in the country “rapidly beginning to realise who is responsible for initiating the conflict”, opposition leader Alexey Navalny has claimed. A series of snap polls carried out by the Anti-Corruption Foundation, an organisation founded by Mr...

A free Israeli newspaper picked up the story on Monday. Franak Viacorka, a senior adviser to exiled opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, told Israel Hayom they had information indicating Putin's plan had been for the Belarusian military to join in the war effort in the early days of the...

Source: https://imgur.com/gallery/gzfBF9S

tl;dr the Russians need to set up and secure infrastructure (FOBs=forward operating bases) before commencing their assault on Kiev; also, they're guarding convoys with helicopters.

The two imgur links are auto-generated source links (see the word "Source:" on the previous line, on the right) for the imgur content embedded into the post that you see above these links. I don't think you should click them, necessarily? I usually follow embedded content (e.g. from reddit...

I don't think that's how it works. The idea of the smaller country annexing the bigger one is simply ludicrous, because the smaller country wouldn't have the power to do it anyway, and that's why the scheme works. The knack for the successful propagandist is to reframe this so the side you're...

The opposite perspective is, "If the jews lay down their arms, there will be no more war, but if Palestine lays down its arms, there will be no more Palestine." The scheme doesn't really reflect facts so much as a perceived power imbalance and a feeling. You can't use it if you're not the...

it looks bad for the "liberators" when most refugees flee West and few East, having more refugees in Russia fits Putin's narrative better Maybe they want to also ensure no fighters can leave.

Internet Disconnect 2019 In the next two weeks, Russia is planning to attempt something no other country has tried before. It’s going to test whether it can disconnect from the rest of the world electronically while keeping the internet running for its citizens. This means it will have to...

Note the different attitudes in writing about the same event: by Tom Cooper, historian by David Cenciotti and Tom Demerly, both pilots and former soldiers

so if we wanted to be charitable, we could speculate a camera sensor malfunction of some sort?

those are strategic nukes, tactical nukes are smaller

This story is getting bigger, allegedly the Chief of Staff has resigned over being unable to field contingents. Source: https://mobile.twitter.com/expatua/status/1500374879908114438 Most major news outlets appear to not carry this yet, presumably for lack of confirmation. Oleksiy...

the camera is moving so much and the focus is so fuzzy, I wouldn't be surprisde if ghe white spots are something close by not moving fast, like plants or insects on the other hand, adding camera shake is a staple technique to hide edits

Another alleged whistleblower text is making the rounds. Even if it's been written by a Western analyst, it seems more thoughtful than the previous "leak". I'm not sure I want to trust all of the information, though. My translation of the analysis of the current situation in Russia by an active...

seems it's only 1 reason after all Russian President Vladimir Putin has described sanctions imposed by Western nations over his invasion of Ukraine as "akin to a declaration of war". For Putin, sanctions = aggressive statements, apparently.

Source: https://mobile.twitter.com/franakviacorka/status/1500197649307348994 According to Putin's plan, Belarus’ troops had to enter Ukraine a week ago. But something went wrong. Some officers resigned, some fled Belarus and contacted us. Conscripts are massively fleeing. Apparently, some...

Several Western media organizations moved on Friday to suspend their journalistic operations in Russia in the wake of a harsh new crackdown on news and free speech by President Vladimir V. Putin’s government. Bloomberg News and the BBC said their correspondents in Russia could no longer freely...