Salvos in the vicinity of #Horlivka now.
Horlivka 21:02
Shyroka Balka loud, both incoming and outgoing can be heard.
https://twitter.com/gipsogolovij/sta...24255585329152 …
Putin again admits #Russia's role: It was "our soldiers" that acted in #Crimea. #Ukraine
http://www.bild.de/politik/ausland/w...2656.bild.html …
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Poroshenko says specific deadlines are defined in every paragraph of Minsk Agreement. Russian Sputnik lies. Compare.
pic.twitter.com/7bO24cDdda
President Putin now says that Nato should have closed the door to all new democracies in Europe. Remarkable.
http://www.bild.de/politik/ausland/w...1672.bild.html …
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Horlivka 21:50
Shyroka Balka calmed down. There were shooting mortars, small arms for over 1hr, incoming, outgoing.
https://twitter.com/tgorlovka/status/686636382454976512 …
17:20 #Horlivka #Stroitel @ahab9889 2 nearby salvos heard
17:24 @gipsogolovij heard them too, mistook them for the wind
@Miloviz S/SE wind
17:29 #Horlivka @gipsogolovij I can hear automatic arms, #Zaytseve again?
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Militants fired at least 10 mines with 82-mm mortars from Kominternovo to Vodyane
http://liveuamap.com/en/2016/11-janu...h-82mm-mortars …
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ATO Press Center: Ru forces shell civilians in Vodyane, 7 Km from #Mariupol w/ 82mm mortar today
pic.twitter.com/m5UJwuJMEq
One Ukrainian soldier killed, one wounded in Donbas in last day
http://www.unian.info/war/1232550-on...-last-day.html …
pic.twitter.com/Sn6i7TlApu
Gryzlov was appointed by Putin on 26 Dec 2015. Marks new stage of Kremlin policy on Ukraine - "Brothers forever" has arrived in Kiev.....
At bus station "Kurakhovo" Police detained man with 15 grenades in the bag http://liveuamap.com/en/2016/11-janu...ained-man-with … pic.twitter.com/ucnRK3NW8x via @0629ComUa
Militants attack #Ukraine troops 35 times overnight http://uatoday.tv/news/militants-att...ht-569605.html …Originally Posted by OUTLAW 09
Humor...referencing the shot down of MH17........
BREAKING: #Russia's MoD posts picture proving the 53rd Air Defense Brigade was in Maldives when #MH17 was shot down
If confirmed, cyber-attack indicates threat of Russia disabling critical infrastructure
http://www.janes.com/article/57060/i...ructure-abroad …
Carl Bildt ✔ @carlbildt
Increased attention to reports of Russia cyberattack on Ukraine power infrastructure. A new level of cyber conflict. http://www.defenseone.com/technology...efenseOneTCO&& …
Top US Air Force officer Russian anti-access/area denial deployments in Europe are my No. 1 concern
http://www.stripes.com/news/usafe-ch...ncern-1.383189 …
Ukrainian border guards discover millions of rubles to pay Russian subversives for Ukraine war
http://youtu.be/luAyh_jgftQ?a
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EU Mythbusters @EUvsDisinfo
In the latest #DisinfoReview: how do pro-Kremlin media use @BBC, @Daily_Telegraph, @dwnews & others? Read & share: http://eepurl.com/bMAv5P
Information Warfare: Time to Change the Narrative.
Internet is the fountainhead of the #Kremlin’s influence strategy
http://bit.ly/1RI9j2K
Vladimir Putin receives a lot of sympathy in Europe. And not just from Russian speakers, but also from nationalists of all stripes who see him as a strong and determined individual. The same is true in his own country where his moves in Ukraine and Syria gave him a stratospheric approval rating of 89%. Seducing the masses is no easy feat, which is precisely why an army of media consultants has been tasked with supporting the Russian president. Stuck in spectator mode, the European Union finds itself unable to respond effectively.
The Russian steamroller
Vesti, Sputnik, the Internet Research Agency or Valdai are as much think tanks as media sites faithful to the Kremlin’s cause, acting like bona fide transmission belts for the Russian political elite. For example, it is thought that the Federal Security Service (FSB) uses Itar-Tass, Izvestia and Sputnik to leak information, while Gazprom spreads material though the Echo of Moscow, a Russian radio station. But the Kremlin’s communication strategy does not simply stop at Russia’s borders. Wishing to make its voice heard abroad, Moscow has embarked on a massive project to court foreign public opinion by broadcasting content in multiple languages through its government-friendly TV networks.
This is the mission of Russia Today (RT), a news channel created in 2005 by the government agency, RIA Novosti, which broadcasts in Russian, English, Arabic and Spanish. Claiming to be a counterpoint to one-sided Western media, RT is available to over 700 million viewers worldwide, including more than 120 million in Europe. With 1.6 million subscribers on YouTube, RT is the most followed news channel on the Internet, significantly surpassing the likes of Al Jazeera, CNN, BBC World, France 24 or Euronews.
Indeed, the Internet is the fountainhead of the Kremlin’s influence strategy. In addition to the launch of many media pure players, the Kremlin relies on the services of an armada of Internet trolls, whose main activity is to inundate the Web with pro-Putin comments, and infiltrate social media and foreign news sites on an industrial scale. For example, at the height of the Ukrainian crisis, the Guardian reported that its moderators had to deal with 40,000 pro-Kremlin comments on a daily basis.
Sadly, this crass propaganda is effective. Within the European Union, more and more citizens have come to admire Putin’s leadership. For example, 72% of French believe that Putin is an “energetic” leader, with 56% considering he “defends the interests of his country.” His striking force finds no equivalent in Europe. But, if the old continent is highly permeable to Russian propaganda – to the point that a number of European editorialists do not hesitate to take ownership and to peddle the line of the Kremlin – the reverse is not equally true. You can count on one hand the number of Russians who approve of Europe’s foreign policy on the Ukraine issue. So far, the Union has failed to grasp the importance of developing an effective influence strategy in times of conflict, evincing a certain amateurism that only contributes to spreading the vision of a weak, divided and dominated Europe.
The “CNN Effect” 2.0
The current Russian display of media savviness is unparalleled in its history and signals the arrival of a new form of politically charged journalism. When the Gulf War broke out in 1990, it was the United States and CNN that popularized the model of the 24/7 live news channel. At the time, the American broadcaster had the monopoly over satellite technology from which it widely benefitted as its shows were taken up by media channels all over the world.
To give its audience front row seats to the Gulf War, CNN revolutionized the concept of “embedding,” by essentially grafting journalists in combat units. “Embedding” became a way to filter the war through a pro-American point of view, which proved to be a highly effective technique for winning over international opinion. CNN consistently bombarded the viewer with the same mash-up of looped images portraying American soldiers as heroes, sparking the empathy of the audience, while leaving the “enemy” as an invisible, faceless and voiceless presence that stirred no emotions in the viewer.
This control of the entire visual landscape would be later dubbed the “CNN effect.” Even if the method is formidable – in the US, 70% of the population supported the illegal invasion of Iraq by the order of George Bush – it does not, however, persist over time. Satellite technology is spreading rapidly and CNN’s influence has significantly waned with the establishment of each new media outlet.
If we can no longer talk about a narrowly understood CNN effect, since all countries now have access to the Internet, and even if Moscow cannot boast the same monopoly the American network had in the early 90s, the omnipresence of Russian viewpoints on the Web clearly evokes this “CNN effect.” Today, domination is not merely achieved by wielding superior technology, but through highly effective rhetorical means. If the Kremlin’s messages are so visible, it’s because they are tried and tested for maximum impact. The same thing cannot be said of the EU.
The EU in search of a narrative
The best ambassadors for the Russian media machine are not the battalions of trolls that we mentioned above, but the journalists, elected officials and average Internet user who, having been convinced by the Kremlin’s arguments, will relay them to an ever growing audience. It would be a mistake to assume that these spokesmen, numbering in the hundreds of thousands, have emerged by chance or are on Putin’s payroll. In reality, they have been drawn to the Kremlin’s divisive but relatable communication strategy. Everyone can have their opinion on the substance of the Ukrainian crisis, but it’s hard not to recognize Moscow’s heightened sense of storytelling, its way of presenting the conflict and its genesis in an original and seductive way.
European member states are all the more porous to this narrative since they offer little to nothing in terms of countering the message. In June, a EU “strategic action plan” to develop a “counter-narrative” was presented at the European Council. It was expected that this initiative would provide for the publication of pro-European key messages in articles, op-eds and infographics in multiple languages (including Russian). What happened was that a eight person communication team was set up, composed of members of the European External Action Service, and national experts with no budget of their own. EU officials explained their shy reaction as the Union’s desire not to engage in an info war with Russia.
However, from the outset, the focus of this fledgling communication strategy is too narrow, constricted by its sole ambition of unraveling the Russian narrative. Rather than simply trying to deconstruct the Russian influence campaign, the EU should find its own “storytelling” mechanism. Rather than playing by Moscow’s rules, Europe should start writing its own narrative, a narrative based on European values and on highlighting the EU’s place in the world as a force for human rights, rule of law, freedom and equality. Otherwise, Europe will never develop a voice that will echo across the world.
Horlivka 19:00
Shyroka Balka noisy, shooting.
Last day 26 fighters arrived to #Dnipropetrovsk hospital from the war (ATO) zone.
Large-scale emergency in the occupied Crimea: blown electrical power of RUS Defense Ministry
https://twitter.com/Dialog_UA/status/687201453572796420 …
Militants Resumed Shelling In Luhansk Direction, - Staff
http://ukraineunderattack.org/en/519...ion-staff.html …
12:35 [#Donetsk] @Newrashkineits Outside mortar rounds are fired
12:32 #Donetsk @666_mancer [fb] "#Kalininsky exec comm: northward starts resumed"
Donetsk 12:32
Kalininskyi ds - again outgoing salvos to north
https://twitter.com/PVB40/status/687221341037150208 …
ATO spox: Donetsk sector: most longstanding shelling of UA positions occurred in Mayorsk, Troitske, & Pisky
Heavy combat ongoing north of #Donetsk, #Putilovka, #Spartak and airport direction
ATO spokesperson: Luhansk sector: the enemy opened fire with rocket launchers near Krymske & Triohizbenka
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13:30 #Donetsk-#Makiivka @OldHistoric For ~3 hours we are listening to firing w/pauses, fr/small arms to artillery tow/#Gvardeyka&#Kyivsky
13:21 #Donetsk @PVB40 [fb] ...from #Trudovski heavy [rounds] go at #Maryinka or #Krasnohorivka
Ukraine intel tells OSCE where Russian proxies keep tanks, artillery, MRLS
http://www.unian.info/war/1234911-uk...lery-mrls.html …
pic.twitter.com/9okk7nqgEE
Horlivka 13:12
Occasionally small arms can be heard from Shyroka Balka to Hluboka
https://twitter.com/gipsogolovij/sta...30726933094400 …
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US confirms BlackEnergy malware used In #Ukraine power plant hack.
http://www.ibtimes.com/us-confirms-b...t-hack-2263008 …
pic.twitter.com/HsU9lfiwH4
How many times has Russia stated there will be a POW release as dictated in Minsk 2 which should have occurred literally months ago...Russia still not in full compliance ......
OSCE: Contact Group agrees on prisoner swap in Donbas
http://www.unian.info/politics/12357...in-donbas.html …
pic.twitter.com/SxEuc7QEFB
22:30 #Horlivka @tgorlovka In the west of #Horlivka single mortar rounds [are heard]
22:26 #Horlivka @gipsogolovij mortar [fire is heard]
Near #Mariupol RU subversive team planted mines destroy Ukr vehicle, 4 WIA Ukr 1st marine battalion
pic.twitter.com/xVzYEIoKfA
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IMPORTANT Aggressive posturing #Russia vs #Ukraine: 20th Combined Arms & 1st Tank Armies https://twitter.com/tassagency_en/st...54093130838017 …
Will low oil prices effect holiday travel?
Let's ask these #Russian soldiers in #Ukraine.
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This has been Putin's geo political goal all along...meaning the separatists are equal to the government of a nation state which they are not simply because they are Russian paid mercenaries....he does not want the US or the EU involved at all....
According to press office Kremlin, Putin in his call with Obama yesterday stressed that Kiev should negotiate directly with rebels Donbass
Obama used the term client state when referring to the Ukraine in his speech...NOW he has to clarify that term......
.@POTUS meant #Russia propping #Yanukovych, armed groups in the East, occupation of #Crimea, -@StateDept 2 @Ukrinform request
Russia is still trying to distance themselves from their shot down of MH17......
Rus. Aviation Auth. send letter to the Netherlands with 'facts' which 'prove' the Russians were not guilty at the downing of the MH17
With the Russian economy in full chaos and failing badly...how much longer can they fight a two front war....??
Kudrin: we would need an extra 660 billion roubles in 2016 to maintain pensions against 12% inflation.
http://www.kasparov.ru/material.php?id=56962F424A6C5 …
How the Kremlin shields itself with manipulated sociology: my Vedomosti piece in English tnx to @KevinRothrock https://meduza.io/en/feature/2016/01...sified-support …
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Russian shellings and ground attacks are picking up now.....
Donetsk 10:54AM
Kyivskyi district - a pair of very tangible heavy outgoing from Tochmash and Ekonomichna str area.
https://twitter.com/UryKara4en/statu...59259240972288 …
СММ ОБСЄ в Україні @OSCE_SMM
#OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine opens two Forward Patrol Bases in Krasnoarmiisk and Svitlodarsk. More: http://www.osce.org/ukraine-smm/215746 …
Wonder how the Russian MoD would explain this......????
A truck with Russian GRADs exploded in occupied Donbas,
Arab-language documentation found.
https://twitter.com/ZIK_IA/status/687671859685371904 …
Activists: Russia produces Grad P portable MLRS in occupied Donbas to arm terrorists
http://www.unian.info/war/1236508-ac...errorists.html … pic.twitter.com/vW4FnldH7l
Russian occupation troop Comndr shoots subordinate dead in #Ukraine, plans crime coverup to blame #ATO for death. http://en.censor.net.ua/news/368462/...y_intelligence …
RuNet Echo @runetecho
Ukrainian Separatists Block 100+ News Websites in ‘Lugansk People’s Republic’
https://globalvoices.org/2016/01/14/...ples-republic/ …
pic.twitter.com/osH1keArBg
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Despite New Ceasefire Agreement, Fighting Escalates Sharply http://www.interpretermag.com/ukrain...sharply/#11871 …
pic.twitter.com/3zIPSJGeBW
https://informnapalm.org/en/jan11-troy-donbas/
Ultimatum of the ‘Sieged Troy’: We Know How to Burn Rostov’
By alexander | on 01/11/2016
Carrying out intelligence operations in order to disclose Russian career servicemen guilty of taking part in the war in Ukraine, InformNapalm volunteers have established effective OSINT process as well as organized deep reconnaissance including cooperation with insiders.
Today the militants from the ‘sieged’ ‘Troy’ armed formation contacted us via email and leaked some ‘confidential information’ in return for informational support of their ultimatum.
“«<…> All our actions have been targeted at the fight with theft of DPR’s funds and assets; we’ve been always against the corruption and nepotism which is common in the ranks of DPR’s army. We are against the moral decay of the army, drug abuse, drug trafficking, arms trafficking and protection racketeering. In your recent article about GRU officer Aziz Banyshev, you wrote that Donbas was a zone of interest of GRU and FSB clans, which controlled the drug, arms and organ trafficking. That is true, but we, the people of Donbas, want to put things right in our republic. We are sieged by the Russian FSB forces. We know that the authorities of GRU and FSB monitor your web resource. Thus, we offer you to announce our straight-out ultimatum ‘door-to-door’: Bros from GRU, we have fought together with you all the time and now you decided to disarm us and mop up?! We have a lot of data on a secret flash drive, which is far more serious than the well-known “Dremov’s flash drive”. Besides your dirty laundry, this information includes also data on some secrete infrastructure objects in Rostov Oblast like military warehouses, ammunition, fuel and chemical depots. Our people are ready to carry out subversion of hazardous facilities in case if the siege of ‘Troy’ spetsnaz detachment is continued or our positions are stormed. We do not want to fight with you, but we need some order. To confirm the seriousness of our words, we have prepared a table with data about numerous objects that can be destroyed at any time in the case of non-fulfillment of our ultimatum <…>”.
The letter indeed had an excel file attached. We have carefully checked it for possible viruses and studied the contents of the file. It contains the information about hazardous facilities and warehouses with large volumes of chlorine, fuel, explosives, etc. The preliminary check of the information showed a high degree of accuracy. We didn’t have much time to investigate it in detail, so we publish the file for public use, to ensure that it can be studied by specialists.
Here you can see a couple of screenshots of the most interesting (in our opinion) objects.
Regarding the ‘Troy’ special forces detachment, whose representatives state that this operation is being conducted by the GRU servicemen: with high degree of confidence we can assume that the besiegement involves soldiers of the 346th or 24th special forces brigade of GRU. The servicemen from these brigades have been mentioned in several our investigations of the events in Donbas. Servicemen from of the 22nd and 10th special forces brigade have been registered in Luhansk region, they may be involved in mopping up operations there as well. Soldiers from the 2nd special forces brigade of GRU were seen in Mariupol area.
As you may recall, on May 16, two wounded Russian soldiers were captured near the Shchastya town. These were servicemen from the 3rd brigade: captain Erofeyev, and sergeant Aleksandrov. We were one of the first who reported about this fact.
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EU refutes reports on plans to lift anti-Russian sanctions
http://www.unian.info/world/1236587-...sanctions.html …
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