@Hugin_1977@PhillipsPOBrien And it’s disgraceful that the government allows its export, as I have said before. But to blame and gaslight the entire Irish nation as he did is where I take issue with Phillips O’Brien.
Russian Propaganda's Top-5 Fakes of the Week
This week, the Russian propaganda machine went into overdrive concocting fakes on a variety of topics - covering the "flight of the Zelensky family", "staged shellings", "children's TSKs", "control over the Zaporizhia region", and "deportation of Ukrainians from the EU". For this, they used Russian media, Telegram channels, anonymous account networks and influencers.
1️⃣ "Zelensky's children were secretly taken abroad on someone else's documents"
In fact, there is no evidence or official confirmation of this. The claims about "someone else's documents" and "secret routes" are based solely on anonymous leaks and manipulations. Such fakes are regularly used by Russian propaganda to discredit the Ukrainian leadership.
2️⃣ "A Kyiv woman 'played a role' for television after a Russian strike"
Propagandists began mocking a woman who survived a Russian attack with her 6-year-old child, calling the story a "staging".
Manipulators focused on the victim's appearance to cast doubt on the very fact of the attack and its consequences. This is a typical tactic of Russian propaganda after attacks on civilians - to discredit the victims and divert attention from Russian terrorism.
3️⃣ "In Cherkasy region, schoolchildren are being recruited into TSKs to deliver summonses"
The Main Directorate of the National Police in Cherkasy region officially refuted this information. The police noted that no recruitment of minors for official functions was carried out.
4️⃣ "Russia controls 80% of the Zaporizhia region"
This statement was made by Vladimir Putin, after which it began to be actively spread by Russian media and Telegram channels.
In fact, Russian troops do not control even the entire left-bank part of the region. According to the words of the spokesperson for the Southern Defense Forces, Vladyslav Voloshin, at least about 15% of the territory of the left bank of the Zaporizhia region is under the control of the Ukrainian Defense Forces.
5️⃣ "The EU is preparing a mass deportation of Ukrainian men"
Propagandists, through resources for manipulating foreign audiences, spread messages about the alleged preparation of a "mass return" of Ukrainians of mobilization age after the completion of the temporary protection mechanism.
In fact, these statements are a manipulation. No decisions about the "mass deportation" of Ukrainians from EU countries have been made. Such leaks are aimed at increasing panic and mistrust among Ukrainians abroad.
#5Fakes
Total collapse at russia's Sochi airport. Thousands of passengers have been stuck there ever since Friday's drone attack.
What’s the matter? Is your own little war getting in the way of your travel plans? 😏
We are continuing to appeal for the public’s help to trace 35-year-old Kyle Cormack who has been reported missing form Dundee.
Enquiries so far have established he was in the Main Street area of the city around 7.25am on Saturday, 6 June, 2026.
More: https://t.co/CGvNZfULVU
There were two tiers of possible response to the express wishes of Henry Nowak's dignified family in the light of his traumatic murder. One humane and empathetic, the other inhumane and exploitative. This version of "Lyin' Eyes" (Eagles) is for @JDVance and those in the second.
Private Carlton Barrett was possibly the smallest man in his regiment.
5 feet 4 inches tall. 125 pounds.
On the morning of June 6, 1944, he landed at Omaha Beach in neck-deep water, machine gun fire cutting the surface all around him. He made it to shore.
Then he turned around and went back in.
A soldier was drowning. Barrett pulled him out. Then another. Then another. For hours, under constant fire, this 125-pound man waded back into the surf again and again, pulling drowning men to safety and physically carrying the wounded to evacuation boats offshore.
But he didn't stop there.
He ran dispatches the full length of the fire-swept beach. He found soldiers paralyzed by shock and calmed them back into action. He appeared wherever the crisis was worst, doing whatever needed doing, treating rank and personal safety as irrelevant details.
He did this for hours without stopping.
His Medal of Honor citation says his courage had "an inestimable effect on his comrades." That is military understatement for: this small, anonymous man held that section of beach together through sheer force of will.
He survived the war.
His comrades later said his life darkened after he came home. He lived quietly and died in 1986 in California, largely unknown outside of military history circles.
5 feet 4 inches. 125 pounds. He went back in.
Remember him.
Let’s break this tragedy down 😭😂
1 - It’s “two-tier”, not “two tied”. The
education system is the first victim here.
2 - Your son pleaded guilty. That’s usually a clue he did it.
3 - “It didn’t hit anyone” is a strange defence. If I rob a bank but drop the money on the way out, I’m still getting arrested.
4 - Calling it a kangaroo court after a guilty plea is like calling a football match fixed because your defender scored 3 own goals.
3 - “He’s only 21.” A fully grown adult then.
4 - “He’s got a full-time job.” Brilliant. So he had something to lose and still decided launching traffic cones at police was a good career move.
5 - “Never been in trouble before.” Well congratulations, he’s popped his virginity.
6 - The judge didn’t remand him because he’s white. He remanded him because throwing things at police during disorder tends to be frowned upon and is ILLEGAL!
The funniest part is that this entire post reads like:
“My son committed the crime, admitted the crime, was filmed committing the crime, pleaded guilty to the crime… but somehow the real criminal is the judge.” 😭😂
There has never been a war in history where 80% of the country has been destroyed, 100% of the population displaced, and 50% of the deaths children.
Call it what it is: GENOCIDE.
One Sikh man committed a murder.
535,000 British Sikhs did not.
They served in our armies.
They built our cities. They fed our homeless.
They sheltered our children after Manchester.
Know your allies. Don’t let hatred win.
#BritainTogether#BritishIndians
This LEGO video is hilarious.
But the fact that people halfway around the world are trolling trump about the Epstein files more aggressively than many American media outlets should embarrass the hell out of us.
Don't stop talking about the Epstein files.
Birds are weaving nests from drone fiber-optic cables in Ukraine in an active combat zone
This unfinished nest fell from a tree that was knocked down by a strike of an enemy bomb.
Dear @DAGToddBlanche: You don’t get to decide to “move on” from the Epstein Files or from following the congressional law. That decision can only be made by the American people and Congress.
You will be disbarred. The files will eventually be released.
November is coming.
Another brilliant piece of work from @MeidasScotland https://t.co/hDzBQHR7nj Fellow members of @theSNP we need to combat Brit lies & smears, please take a couple of minutes to fill in Jim's questionnaire. Thanks.
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BUDDY has sadly been #missing a year today.
💔One whole year without our boy Buddy 💔
:Twelve months have passed, yet not a single day goes by that we don’t think about him. We still look for him, still hope, & still wonder where he is"