Thread by @davidhelms570

1. Russians are once again attempting to frighten residents in occupied Kherson and Zaporizhzhia on the left bank of Kakhovka Reservoir into evacuating. This is part of a larger information operation ahead of the Ukrainian offensive. A #NAFOWeather 🧵

2. TASS reported (some western media repeated) that the Kakhovka HPP dam could burst and this would flood Zaporizhzhia NPP and surrounding communities. This is pure rubbish. If the Kakhovka HPP dam burst, Kakhovka Reservoir would dramatically LOWER as these location are upstream.

3. Russian propaganda uses facts, often reported by the west, with other false statements to create an environment of fear and uncertainty. It is TRUE Kakhovka Reservoir is at record high levels and the K-HPP controls water discharge for K reservoir.

https://twitter.com/davidhelms570/status/1653737319768248325?s=20

4. Russians control Kakhovka HPP including the lock, 6 turbines and 28 sluice gates. If RF wants to discharge water & lower the K reservoir, RF has the ability to do so. Cynical Russians claim concern for civilians but shell trains, shopping centers & apartments killing hundreds.

5. Russians are spreading fear & compelling evacuations in occupied territories. Where have we seen this before? Just six months ago, RF used the same info ops playbook in advance of their "strategic repositioning" (retreat) from Kherson right bank.

https://twitter.com/davidhelms570/status/1654627427430064128?s=20

6. Also part of the RF playbook: Biblical flooding and nuclear fear mongering. I'm waiting for an encore of the dramatic Dnipro flooding "movie" Russian propagandists created and disseminated in October 2022. High theater.
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7. Russia is preparing for a retreat by compelling civilians to flee occupied territories. We've seen this before. Please check facts, don't quote directly from TASS @genevieve_holl @HamishDBG @djknowles22. /end

https://twitter.com/KyleJGlen/status/1654496718015148036?s=20

7.1 I'll be adding additional Ruschist "evacuation", aka human shield, mass kidnapping, and related genocide of the Ukrainian population from occupied Ukrainian territories on this thread.

7.2 Southbound traffic queues out of Melitopol

https://twitter.com/CeesBoogaart/status/1655174670537093120?s=20

7.3 In Melitopol, Ruschists are kidnapping children, stealing things of value, and burning documents.

https://twitter.com/DecodingTrolls/status/1655168283828539396?s=20

7.4 Pretextual evacuations (fake FLOODING!) from communities near Zaporizhzhia NPP.

https://twitter.com/MiguelDante/status/1655162783338733568?s=20

7.5 Occupied Melitopol's Russian 'government' is fleeing to occupied Crimea with their computers.

https://twitter.com/igorsushko/status/1654904562678104065?s=20

7.6 Ruschist pretextual evacuation (kidnapping) of residents in communities near Zaporizhzhia NPP

https://twitter.com/pravda_eng/status/1655173129847832577?s=20

7.6 @iaeaorg issues statement regarding Z-NPP safety concerns from Ruschist militarization of the NPP:
- situation unpredictable and potentially dangerous
- evacuations in nearby communities remove staff for NPP operation

https://twitter.com/iaeaorg/status/1654915242164465669

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