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As someone who studies misinformation, the past week has been a masterclass in how positive actors with a strong information operation and tech platforms being (somewhat) sensible can create an environment in which misinformation struggles to take hold. A 🧵.
First, we have to acknowledge the role of fortune. I'm wary of lionizing leaders, but Zelenskyy certainly is a man made for the moment. His personal bravery and outstanding communication skills have made it possible for the other stuff I'm going to talk about to work.1/8
ONE NEAT TRICK for making an information space hostile to misinformation: Flood the zone! The US government deserves credit for doing this early. Not leaving an information vacuum for your opponent to fill makes their job much, much, harder. 2/8 thehill.com/policy/interna…
Too bad Russian soldiers aren’t on twitter so we can’t spread disinformation amoungst them. If they did, we could get things like #GhostOfKyiv trending to keep some fighter pilots on their toes and show the impact Javelin’s are having even more.
We also would need to tweet in Russian obv from alias accounts and google translate isn’t perfect so it would be easy to spot.
It’s probably impossible but it would be neat if we could create thousands of bot accounts on Russian social media posing as Russian military in Ukraine saying like “this is a stupid war, these are our brothers and sisters what are we doing fighting them?” “I’m going home” etc
Ein kurzer Blick zum militärischen Stand der Dinge in der Ukraine. Spoiler: Ukraine wirkte nie stärker, Putin nie schwächer. 🧵
Die erhoffte Eroberung Kiews fiel für Putin komplett ins Wasser. Ukraine hat eigenen Angaben nach 2 russische Flugzeuge + 1 Hubschrauber abgeschossen. Wichtige Fallschirmjäger-Einheit sei neutralisiert. Auf ukrainischer Seite trotz harter Angriffe KEINE Toten & nur 35 Verletzte.
Weil man in der Hauptstadt nicht weiterkam, versuchte Russland wohl, am äußersten Rand der Stadt ein Heizkraftwerk zu besetzen, vermutlich um Energie für die Bevölkerung zu kappen. Ukrainische Armee hat das aber kommen sehen und war zur Stelle. Sieg. Nächster Rückschlag für Putin
There have been unconfirmed reports of a one Ukrainian MiG-29 pilot called the #GhostOfKyiv taking out Two SU-35s, One SU-27, One MIG-29 and Two SU-25s
If true, it sounds like Ukraine might have a real life Maverick (who also shot down MiGs in the movie)
If true, it sounds like Ukraine might have a real life Maverick (who also shot down MiGs in the movie)
I hope this pilot exists she or he would be fucking legendary and could be a big morale booster. A former comedian president, out gunned and outmanned defeating the Russian military would be incredible.
David doesn’t always defeat Goliath but sometimes he does.
David doesn’t always defeat Goliath but sometimes he does.
Some of those Soviet MiGs are absurdly fast especially for being so old. Like the Foxbat (MiG 25 being nearly capable of Mach 3 capable for a short time but still fucking nuts for 80s tech)
#war #Kyiv #Ukraine #Russia Collecting all reports thread; Ukraine's operational command says "cruise and ballistic missile strikes are underway at the control centres in Kyiv" from @lukeharding1968 Friends report explosions in #Kyiv, #Odessa #Kharkiv #Mykolaev thread, add info
Targets include airfields and military headquarters, operational command says
"Distant crumps - soft explosions - reported from west Kyiv, towards the airport. Not Cruise missiles, i think, but sounds like an attack on the airport." @JohnSweeney
