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Re:Explosion at US natural gas plant raises risk of shortage... by moistly on Sunday June 12, 2022 @05:51PM (#31718630)
Dude, I Want To Believe™ just as much as you, but citing the NYPost does not constitute “truth” at all. We all know that we are subject to propaganda, all know how Cambridge Analysis manipulated public opinion and political agendas. Robert Murdoch [spit] and his disinformation newspapers. NYPost is barely a step up from the Weekly World News and their Bat Boy.

The story is hilarious. It is plausibly true: the Russian frontline has a lot of folk from remote, impoverished provinces: poorly educated, subsistence-farming, expendable farm boys.

One notes that you phrasing reads opposite to the story. It claims Russian troops posing as Ukr terrorists left behind absurd “evidence” based on misunderstanding their commander’s orders.

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Re:Explosion at US natural gas plant raises risk of shortage... by hdjjhhvvhga on Tuesday June 14, 2022 @06:17AM (#31736838)
> Dude, I Want To Believe™ just as much as you, but citing the NYPost does not constitute “truth” at all.

Well, in this case there is not much to believe. Straight from the horse's mouth:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjF3-4IcvoA

Note this is not the official channel of Ria Novosti, I believe they have been banned, but their ridiculous video is out there in numerous copies. It doesn't matter if it's FSB or some rank-and file soldiers, someone had to approve this ridiculous material to air it worldwide. I know the target is their internal audience, but still.

On the other hand, I have to say I wasn't that surprised. The level of their sophistication at all levels is quite consistent.

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