Russo-Ukrainian War - 2022 Edition - Part 8

Mirai

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Someone did that in the late 80s.

Here:

On May 28, 1987, West German Private Pilot Mathias Rust managed to make international headlines by flying his Reims Cessna 172P from Helsinki Finland to a spectacular landing in Moscow's Red Square. His flight was both an amazing achievement, and an immense humiliation to the Soviet War Machine.30 May 2022
 

Cosmik Debris

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Coming from someone that believes all religious people are automatically kooks....what exactly does this opinion matter?

Ah, the logical fallacy of appeal to ridicule and special pleading. So, tell me, are Father Christmas and the Easter Bunny real then?
 

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The New York Times has reported that classified military documents "detailing secret American and NATO plans for building up the Ukrainian military ahead of a planned offensive against Russia" have been circulated on Twitter and Telegram.

Source: The New York Times, citing a senior Biden administration official

Details: According to the New York Times, the Pentagon is currently investigating who may have leaked the documents that appeared on social media.

Military analysts told the NYT that the documents appear to have been altered, overstating American estimates of Ukrainian losses and understating estimates of Russian losses. The analysts told the NYT that these modifications could indicate an effort by Moscow to spread disinformation.

Biden officials have been working to get the documents deleted from social media but had not, as of the evening of 6 April, succeeded.

"We are aware of the reports of social media posts and the department is reviewing the matter," said Sabrina Singh, the deputy press secretary at the Pentagon.

The NYT reported that the documents "do not provide specific battle plans, like how, when, and where Ukraine intends to launch its offensive" but "offer a snapshot of time — the American and Ukrainian view, as of March 1, of what Ukrainian troops might need for the campaign".


 

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The Pentagon is reviewing the alleged leak of classified U.S. documents about Ukraine’s war effort and military strength
Different versions of the documents have appeared online since, citing divergent figures for Russian troop casualties in the war. The varying versions and the fact that the numbers are far below casualty estimates by independent military analysts and the Pentagon have fed speculation that the documents have been altered.

In one version, the number of Russian troops killed in action was put at 16,000 to 17,500, compared to an alleged 71,500 Ukrainian soldiers killed.


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The Pentagon is reviewing the alleged leak of classified U.S. documents about Ukraine’s war effort and military strength



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This is likely a Russian disinformation campaign.
 

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And the source

 

tetrasect

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The Pentagon is reviewing the alleged leak of classified U.S. documents about Ukraine’s war effort and military strength



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Yeah no surprise there. Only Russia would create different versions of the same document with wildly differing figures. That's because they pull them out of their behinds.

Also noteworthy is that the document version listing the highest number of "Russian vehicles destroyed", only counts 6000 (the version with the smallest number is a laughable 600). Oryx has already confirmed over 10,000.

Weak Russian fake.
 
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