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2022-03-06 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Operation on Denazification of Ukraine: operational summary March 5 (updated)

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Posted by badanov 2022-03-06 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11132 views ] Top

#1 a lot of narrative but in fact the Russian attack offenses barely gained anything on March 5

Posted by Lord Garth 2022-03-06 00:14|| 2022-03-06 00:14|| Front Page Top

#2 If I could wave a magic wand and send a hellfire missile into Putin, I would. There's a special place in hell for the bastard.

But that's not going to happen. We fucked up Iraq by butting in, we trashed the place and got spanked and now Iran's riding high. Now we're making the same mistake and we're risking nuclear war.

Yes, Putin is a shit. Pure evil. But our interests dictate that we need to stay out of this.

Let Soros and Klaus Schwann and Lindsey Graham and Amy Klobuchar fight if they want to -- maybe Amy can send the Ukrainians some killer combs.

But this ain't our circus. Stay the fuck out.

Posted by No Fortunate Son 2022-03-06 04:18|| 2022-03-06 04:18|| Front Page Top

#3 Lots of Nazis arriving in Munich these days. Many are only 2 years old. Some are Jewish.

Can't be careful enough.

Posted by European Conservative 2022-03-06 07:03|| 2022-03-06 07:03|| Front Page Top

#4 That hag Klobuhar's personality alone might give the Russians a tough time.

Posted by DooDahMan 2022-03-06 11:13|| 2022-03-06 11:13|| Front Page Top

#5 Is there ANY information of worth in this crap?

Posted by Rob Crawford 2022-03-06 12:36|| 2022-03-06 12:36|| Front Page Top

#6 badanov is presenting Ukrainian and Russian claims side by side, Rob, so we can together tease out the facts of the matter. This also allows our Russian visitors to see what Motherland claims the world is seeing beyond their boiler room.

Posted by trailing wife 2022-03-06 13:22|| 2022-03-06 13:22|| Front Page Top

#7 But is there any information content to it?

Posted by Rob Crawford 2022-03-06 16:15|| 2022-03-06 16:15|| Front Page Top

#8 ^ Sure, you just have to separate the signal from the noise. Doing so is left as an exercise for the Reader.

Posted by SteveS 2022-03-06 16:33|| 2022-03-06 16:33|| Front Page Top

#9 Rob - Ukraine and Russia are both trying to spin stories/facts to their benefit as you know. I would if I were them. (I'd hire better St. Pete Trolls as these are too apparent. Quantity =/= Quality), but all you can do is post both and see where the "facts" deviate. Fog O' War and all that.

Posted by Frank G 2022-03-06 16:34|| 2022-03-06 16:34|| Front Page Top

#10 Yeah... been doing just that...

This is less signal to more noise than I think is worth repeating.

Like this:

They hid them in children's toys and first aid kits to kill civilians and children.

Soviet practice in Afghanistan, from what I recall.

The provocation failed: a sabotage group of SBU special forces was captured near Melitopol. They intended to carry out a series of terrorist attacks against the civilian population in the city and pass it off as the actions of the Russian military.

Wasn't that how Putin created the casus belli for Chechnya?

Anyone who has been paying attention knows this is garbage; if any of it has happened, it's the Russians getting back what they started.

Posted by Rob Crawford 2022-03-06 19:50|| 2022-03-06 19:50|| Front Page Top

#11 My main go-to Russian language Ukrainian site has been blocked. By whom is irrelevant.

My sole remaining Ukrainian site has been updating, unbeknownst me to. The balance should improve, greatly, if korrespondent.net is brought back online.

Readers here, as always, are free to post countervailing articles.

I post what I can find in Russian mainly, but also in Ukrainian. I won't post information from western news sources because frankly they are a buncha blithering idiots when it comes to eastern Europe.

Six years of reporting on this war before the invasion has taught me that.

Posted by badanov 2022-03-06 20:15|| 2022-03-06 20:15|| Front Page Top

#12 You're doing fine, Bad. Thanks for your effort!

Posted by Frank G 2022-03-06 20:28|| 2022-03-06 20:28|| Front Page Top

#13 Try UkrInform

Posted by Angaiper Ulavins1210 2022-03-06 21:01|| 2022-03-06 21:01|| Front Page Top

#14 I find this stuff helpful, badanov. It is good to have a variety of channels to sift through. Thanks!

Signal vs Noise is always a problem. If you are into those 'book' things, something that helped me see through the noise was reading Robert Cialdini's Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion. It lays out a handful of techniques that salesmen, telemarketers, advertisers, government, and the media use to persuade people to like, buy, act, and think in a particular way. It is a short book, but I found it eye-opening. Once you see the techniques in play, you will never look at the world in the same way.

Posted by SteveS 2022-03-06 21:45|| 2022-03-06 21:45|| Front Page Top

#15 Ref #11: I won't post information from western news sources because frankly they are a buncha blithering idiots when it comes to eastern Europe.

Or much of anywhere or anything else.

Posted by Besoeker 2022-03-06 21:59|| 2022-03-06 21:59|| Front Page Top

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