dogs_unleashed [none/use name]

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  • dogs_unleashed [none/use name]tonews•Bulletins and News Discussion from August 8th to August 14th, 2022
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    2 years ago

    https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-misinformation-european-union-government-and-politics-e5a1330e834fde428aab599b5c423530

    AP: Russian disinformation spreading in new ways despite bans

    Claims on these sites include allegations that Ukraine’s army has staged some deadly Russian attacks to curry global support, that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is faking public appearances, or that Ukrainian refugees are committing crimes in Germany and Poland.

    Some of the sites pose as independent think tanks or news outlets. About half are English-language, while others are in French, German or Italian. Many were set up long before the war and were not obviously tied to the Russian government until they suddenly began parroting Kremlin talking points.

    “They may be establishing sleeper sites,” said NewsGuard co-CEO Gordon Crovitz. Sleeper sites are websites created for a disinformation campaign that lay largely dormant, slowly building an audience through innocuous or unrelated posts, and then switching to propaganda or disinformation at an appointed time.

    While NewsGuard’s analysis found that much of the disinformation about the war in Ukraine is coming from Russia, it did find instances of false claims with a pro-Ukrainian bent. They included claims about a hotshot fighter ace known as the Ghost of Kyiv that officials later admitted was a myth.

    YouTube, TikTok and Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, all pledged to remove RT and Sputnik from their platforms within the European Union. But researchers have found that in some cases all Russia had to do to evade the ban was to post it from a different account.

  • dogs_unleashed [none/use name]tonews•Bulletins and News Discussion from August 1st to August 7th, 2022 - Taiwan Edition?
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    2 years ago

    https://archive.ph/6V2Tq

    Foreign Policy: Ukraine’s Economy Will Collapse Without More Aid Now

    Losses are building up far faster than Kyiv can manage.

    AUGUST 4, 2022, 4:52 PM By Maria Repko, the deputy executive director of the Centre for Economic Strategy in Ukraine.

    https://archive.ph/OJWjQ

    Guardian: Mozart Group: the western ex-military personnel training Ukrainian recruits

    Volunteers deliver crash courses in battlefield tactics that should take six months to teach

    by Ed Ram Fri 5 Aug 2022 02.00 EDT

    https://www.nationalnewswatch.com/2022/08/04/canadian-armed-forces-to-start-training-ukrainian-soldiers-in-third-country/

    Canadian troops heading to UK to train Ukrainian forces

    By Lee Berthiaume, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — Aug 4 2022

    https://globalnews.ca/news/9034688/russia-gas-cuts-canada-lng-opportunity/

    As Russia strangles gas flow, Canada has ‘responsibility’ to step up on LNG: Freeland

    By Amanda Connolly Global News Posted August 3, 2022 3:35 pm