Thread by @EliotHiggins

So to give you a sense of how full of shit the Russians are, the top left image on the first slide is from a Syrian film production of a movie about the White Helmets faking chemical attacks, stills from which Russia previously used in their propaganda.
bellingcat.com/news/mena/2018…

https://twitter.com/maxseddon/status/1584511185827037184

Back in 2018 Russia 1 used production stills from the movie as evidence of the White Helmets faking attacks on civilians. You can find the production stills on the film's own Facebook page facebook.com/99314651083244…

That's 2022 Russian propaganda using stills from a 2018 Syrian anti-White Helmets propaganda film, which Russian media in 2018 used as direct evidence of the White Helmets creating propaganda.

When I said Russia was just rebadging old propaganda from Syria to use in Ukraine I didn't realise they were going to be this on the nose.

This image titled "Creation of Dirty Bomb" with the text "Used materials: uranium 235, plutonium 239" is first appears in a 2014 report on a training exercise and is unrelated to the text on the picture eng.ceti.me/?p=95

If you state you believe Russia's claims you're either an idiot, liar, or both.

The left image in this pair of images from the Russian Ukrainian dirty bomb presentation captioned “Panic amongst citizens and increase in the flow of refugees” is from 9/11. I'm not joking.

I'm glad people are starting to realise that Russia isn't actually good at propaganda, it's just we've just been really dumb in the past, so they've looked smart in comparison.

More lazy propaganda from the Russian presentation:

https://twitter.com/OAlexanderDK/status/1584532810353999872

Russian propagandists can't even be bothered to put any effort into their propaganda anymore, they're just phoning it in. Where's the artistry, the joie de vivre?

But even with this complete lack of effort, their propaganda still gets headlines like this from wire services, and they know it will, because it always works.

https://twitter.com/AFP/status/1584508408279240706

At this point, despite making a lot of noise, Russia has presented zero actual evidence to support its claims that Ukraine is making a dirty bomb, just a lazy Powerpoint presentation and Shoigu making some phone calls in a desperate attempt to stay relevant.

Hopefully the only reaction at the UN to their presentation will be everyone walking out before it starts.

More examples of Russia's trash propaganda from this presentation

https://twitter.com/BenDoBrown/status/1584553423696891904