In #Vovchansk, #Kharkiv region, where active hostilities are taking place, the first executions of civilians by #Russian troops have been reported, police said. A man who tried to flee on foot was killed. Civilians are also being captured.
Evacuations had been taking place, but now the Russian military, trying to gain a foothold in the city, is not allowing locals to evacuate.
So that you know, this video posted today by #SyrianGirl account with description “Yemen Houthi forces Score a direct hit in US destroyer” gained nearly 700k views, 2.3k shares and 7k likes… and it’s entirely false.
Users quickly identified the original as 2013 video from Norway naval exercise. The “Syrian Girl” account only added some subtitles in Arabic.
The account has been posting such fakes for years, starting from inventing incredible conspiracy theories to discredit the official OPCW investigation into #Assad chemical attacks against civilians in #Syria and then every single fake, mostly produced in #Russia.
rule of thumb: every time a «usa-hater» posts a «revelation», be very, very doubtful, ideally just ignore (and block); 99% of the time those end up being #russian-sponsored lies.
Outcome of #Putin visit to #China in terms of economic agreements signed:
✅ Agreement on supplies of Russian topinambour and beef by-products, particularly beef cartilage and stomachs to China
✅ Creation of a new nature reserve “Land of big cats”
✅ Cooperation between TASS and Xinhua news agencies
❌ Construction of Power of Siberia 2 gas pipeline was not agreed
To me, these indicate an extremely close and strategic partnership between China and Russia, especially the beef cartilages are going to change the course of the world 😂
@kravietz what is going to change the world is the barely hidden defiance of the established civilized international practices to show off the power of china to reunite «usa haters» (actually democracy hater) nations around a pole of power strong enough to ignore (laugh at), say, international criminal court's orders, etc.
beef cartilage is just another bullshit we are being fed with an arrogant smile, and we're happy.
After 75 years of failure, one would imagine that a people would learn what works and what doesn’t, both from their own experience, as well as the experience of others.
The leader of the GOP is spending another day in court. He's also another day closer to receiving classified intelligence briefings as the winner of the GOP nomination. Trump can't be trusted with sensitive information while he's on trial for mishandling classified documents. Add your name if you agree: https://act.indivisible.org/sign/deny-trump-classified-briefings?source=mastodon&medium=directpost
And this was after turning "Lock Her Up" into a meme b/c Hillary installed a private email server in her home (upon which NOT A SINGLE classified doc was found) and 1 DE-classified document on her phone. For this, she was pilloried as "too reckless with National Security secrets" to be president.
From January to June last year I lived at home in the #UK and took driving lessons constantly in the hopes that I would be able to move to Ukraine with a license.
But after my 6th attempt, I needed a break and went to Ukraine without a license.
I got some driving practice in #Kharkiv to help with my friend's charity KHARPP that does some of the most effective work I have seen repairing homes and giving necessary #aid to villages in the Kharkiv region only a few km from the #Russian border.
Windows vulnerability reported by the NSA exploited to install Russian malware
Kremlin-backed hackers have been exploiting a critical Microsoft vulnerability for four years in attacks that targeted a vast array of organizations with a previously undocumented tool, the software maker disclosed
🇬🇪 World, are you still watching? Tonight might have just been the biggest gathering of #Georgians marching in #Tbilisi against the #Russian violations and law infiltrating the Georgian government! Please watch, share, stand with the brave people of #Georgia!🇬🇪 #NoToRussianLaw
Atesh, a #partisan group in occupied territories, reported that a #Russian division has refused to join the assault on #Kharkiv A soldier from the division said that the Ukrainian border defences were strong and that he had seen Russian #sabotage and reconnaissance missions fail.
#UK intel is investigating why munitions on #Russian aircraft headed for #Ukraine have fallen off the planes onto Russia. The latest incident of this was on May 4th when an aviation bomb fell and hit #belhorod
Intelligence says that in March-April this happened 20 times in Belhorod.
#Ukraine is bracing for a large-scale #Russian offensive this summer, with the Russian military expected to try and capitalize on the time between now and when large numbers of American arms and ammunition arrive on the frontlines.