Vitalii Rybak Profile picture
🇺🇦Analyst focused on researching disinformation. MA at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy and FSU Jena.
Sep 30, 2022 7 tweets 2 min read
1) Ok, so Ukraine applied for fast-track NATO membership today. Let’s discuss this in a short thread. #StandWithUkraine️ #UkraineWillWin 2) First of all, a great comms move to overshadow Putin’s Nazi orgy in the Kremlin. Ukraine had it’s word last, after Putin looked very weak and stressed in his speech. And he has all reasons to feel a bit uneasy
Sep 20, 2022 5 tweets 2 min read
1) Now that Putin's speech is postponed, let's discuss a few things #StopRussia #StopRussianAtomicBlackmail #StandWithUkraine 2) All this story with referenda on the temporarily occupied is the agony of a deeply wounded beast. Putin makes a desperate bet to widen the borders of Russia in the eyes of Russians. What might follow?
Jun 2, 2022 5 tweets 2 min read
1) Russian propaganda went into a frenzy after the US announced it would provide Ukraine with HIMARS missile systems. Not a single weapon delivery up to date has caused such a hysteric reaction from Russian propaganda as news about HIMARS did. Russians are truly worried. 2) RT writes that "the US and the EU are deliberately pumping weapons into Kyiv to prolong the conflict as much as possible." Still, at the same time, "such deliveries will not be able to change the course of hostilities," the article reads.
May 24, 2022 5 tweets 2 min read
1) We occasionally hear from Ukraine's Western partners that there should still be a dialogue with Russia, and we should let Putin "save his face." Recently, two top Russian officials made statements which show just how ready Russia itself is for such "negotiations." 2) Sergei Lavrov, Russia's FM, argued that"if the West wants to offer anything to Russia in terms of the resumption of relations, Moscow will think twice whether it needs that." Lavrov also added that those who wish Russia to be defeated "must have done poorly in school." Image
May 9, 2022 8 tweets 2 min read
Thread: key narratives from Putin's speech at the victory day parade. I listened to it so that you don't have to #StopRussia #StopRussianAggression #UkraineWillWin #AgainstRussianLies "Last December, Russia called on the West to an honest dialogue, to search for reasonable, compromise solutions, to take into account each other's interests. All in vain."