• wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz
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        Not sure if that was supposed to be sarcasm, but cyber campaigns are a huge part of the “hybrid war against the west” that putin loves to boast about so much, and there have been plenty of proven instances of astroturfing being done by russian trolls.

        It’s pretty common on reddit (r/conservative mods are based in russia, and there was even a time when a power outage in St. Petersburg caused a bunch of troll accounts to go dormant for half a day), but I’d be surprised if they haven’t found lemmy yet.

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          hybrid war against the west

          How many times has Moscow been bombed since '21?

          How many times has a Western capital?

          I gotta say, this feels like hearing “War of Northern Aggression” from a Confederate camped out at Gettysburg

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            Are you stupid? Russia literally and unnecessarily staged a military invasion of a neighboring sovereign country resulting in a war that has been ongoing for four years now.

            Moscow hasn’t been bombed enough, and certainly not as much as Russia has bombed Kyiv. Comparing this to confederate spins on the american civil war is as asinine as it is inane.

            And not only are you completely wrong, its also a red herring, because “hybrid warfare” isn’t about the kinetic operations. It’s about geopolitical influence, meddling, psyops, propaganda, and cyberwarfare. Hence the term “hybrid.” But you clearly didn’t know that.

            I’m not really surprised to be receiving this drivel from you though, as I’ve had you tagged as a vatnik for quite some time now. Go back to licking kremlin boots before they all get turned into hamburger meat in someone else’s backyard.

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                The thought terminating anger button

                No, you just tried to whitewash Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and tried to make it seem like it was the result of Western aggression against Moscow.

                So your comparison was complete projection. Which is on character for you, seeing as you’re regurgitating kremlin propaganda.

                I never accused you of having thoughts to begin with.

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                  just tried to whitewash Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

                  Telecommunications equipment made by the company of Memphis Grizzlies owner Robert Pera is being used by the Russian military in its war against Ukraine

                  Hunterbook Media revealed video where Wi-Fi equipment made by Ubiquiti is being shown on the front lines in the Russia-Ukraine war. The equipment reportedly has helped Russia use drones that have targeted civilians in Ukraine

                  never accused you of having thoughts

                  You got played by an American MIC that profits by pitting nations against each other at a profit.

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                    Got any more irrelevant facts to add to the pile?

                    You got played by an American MIC that profits by pitting nations against each other at a profit.

                    That’s a funny way of spelling “Fascist Russia’s imperialist ambitions led them to militarily invade a neighboring sovereign nation while bombarding their civilian infrastructure with drones.”

                    But no, I’m sure it’s just the American military-industrial complex pitting nations against each other for profit /s

                    How many rubles are you being paid to spew this nonsense?