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I vote for bear for the symbolism
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Not great this is it.
Biggest in Europe - lets attack it!
The news have just suggested that if it explodes it'll be ten times bigger than the Chernobyl disaster.
It is almost as is they want us to intervene, the absolute deranged idiots.
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Sassy Colombian
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Very ingenious of the BBC
As Russia is trying to cut off the flow of information in Ukraine by attacking its communications infrastructure, the British news outlet BBC is revisiting a broadcasting tactic popularized during World War II: shortwave radio.
The BBC said this week that it would use radio frequencies that can travel for long distances and be accessible on portable radios to broadcast its World Service news in English for four hours a day in Kyiv, the Ukrainian capital, and in parts of Russia.
“It’s often said truth is the first casualty of war,” Tim Davie, director-general of the BBC, said in a statement. “In a conflict where disinformation and propaganda is rife, there is a clear need for factual and independent news people can trust.”
On Tuesday, Russian projectiles struck the main radio and television tower in Kyiv. Oleksii Reznikov, Ukraine’s defense minister, wrote on Twitter that Russia’s goal was “to break the resistance of the Ukrainian people and army,” starting with “a breakdown of connection” and “the spread of massive FAKE messages that the Ukrainian country leadership has agreed to give up.”
Shortwave radio has been a go-to vehicle to reach listeners in conflict zones for decades, used to deliver crackling dispatches to soldiers in the Persian Gulf war, send codes to spies in North Koreaand pontificate through the Iron Curtain during the Cold War. But more modern forms of radio along with the internet eventually pushed shortwave out of favor; the BBC retired its shortwave transmissions in Europe 14 years ago.
Over the last week of February, viewership of BBC’s Ukrainian language site more than doubled from a year earlier to 3.9 million visitors, the broadcaster said on Wednesday. The BBC also provides news coverage in the country via its website, YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Telegram, Viber and Espreso TV.
Millions of Russians are also turning to the BBC, the broadcaster said. The audience for the BBC’s Russian language news website reached a record 10.7 million in the past week, more than tripling its weekly average so far in 2022, the company said. Visitors to BBC’s English language website from within Russia surged 252 percent to 423,000.
As Russia is trying to cut off the flow of information in Ukraine by attacking its communications infrastructure, the British news outlet BBC is revisiting a broadcasting tactic popularized during World War II: shortwave radio.
The BBC said this week that it would use radio frequencies that can travel for long distances and be accessible on portable radios to broadcast its World Service news in English for four hours a day in Kyiv, the Ukrainian capital, and in parts of Russia.
“It’s often said truth is the first casualty of war,” Tim Davie, director-general of the BBC, said in a statement. “In a conflict where disinformation and propaganda is rife, there is a clear need for factual and independent news people can trust.”
On Tuesday, Russian projectiles struck the main radio and television tower in Kyiv. Oleksii Reznikov, Ukraine’s defense minister, wrote on Twitter that Russia’s goal was “to break the resistance of the Ukrainian people and army,” starting with “a breakdown of connection” and “the spread of massive FAKE messages that the Ukrainian country leadership has agreed to give up.”
Shortwave radio has been a go-to vehicle to reach listeners in conflict zones for decades, used to deliver crackling dispatches to soldiers in the Persian Gulf war, send codes to spies in North Koreaand pontificate through the Iron Curtain during the Cold War. But more modern forms of radio along with the internet eventually pushed shortwave out of favor; the BBC retired its shortwave transmissions in Europe 14 years ago.
Over the last week of February, viewership of BBC’s Ukrainian language site more than doubled from a year earlier to 3.9 million visitors, the broadcaster said on Wednesday. The BBC also provides news coverage in the country via its website, YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Telegram, Viber and Espreso TV.
Millions of Russians are also turning to the BBC, the broadcaster said. The audience for the BBC’s Russian language news website reached a record 10.7 million in the past week, more than tripling its weekly average so far in 2022, the company said. Visitors to BBC’s English language website from within Russia surged 252 percent to 423,000.
Sassy Colombian
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Tbh I would rather to make of Putin a Martyr than allowing him to continue committing with impunity war crimes against the people of Ukraine. The sanctions and punishments that have been imposed are not enough to stop his madness. This tyrant needs to be eliminated before he burns Ukraine to the ground. It would be a disgrace if our governments, NATO and the United Nations allowed for Ukraine to become another Syria. I am still puzzled that after all the war crimes that Putin is committing against the people of Ukraine, that Russia still continue to be allowed to be a member of the Security Council with veto power. Talking about pussycats.
I hear you but my fear would be that there are plenty of militant nuts just itching to takeover. Heck there's an idiot on here who thinks Putin's military killing is a good thing. So you can bet there are internet weirdos who are Russian and crazy generals also
Those who would go further than him. Using the excuse that he was "murdered" as they would see it.
Remember if he does die that country becomes a hot bed of potential issues.
Sassy Colombian
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I also hear you and I really get your concern. But then if we do nothing we are once again letting Putin get away with invading a country, killing its people and taking the natural resources of a free nation, without severe punishment. How many more of these atrocities have to happen until our governments react? Because the reality is that all the sanctions and financial burdens are going to be felt by ordinary Russians not Putin. Plus his current behavior is so erratic that there is no way to know for sure if he will stop with Ukraine. He is a danger to humanity, a nuclear risk that needs to be contained. And we should do everything possible to rescue Alexei Navalny from jail and let him rowel Russians about having free elections.
Sassy Colombian
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Russian soldiers are also victims of this illegal war. No only is Putin killing Ukrainians but his own people so he can satisfy his ego and greed
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