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No need to declare captured Russian tanks, other equipment of invaders as income

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Re: No need to declare captured Russian tanks, other equipment of invaders as income

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Post by pjc50 »

netsharc wrote: post #4

This and https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30525759 ... The Ukranian government seems to be very media-savvy, but for me this is noise compared to signal (important government declarations about the conflict, not about income tax on seized equipment), I feel like saying "My god man, can't you be a little serious, there's a fucking war going on!".

It's a great little piece of propaganda. It conveys that ordinary citizens have been capturing abandoned Russian vehicles, and tacitly encourages them to continue to do this. It gets Westerners sharing it because of the black humor of having a tax policy on captured enemy vehicles.

(And there seem to have been a lot of them; those interested can follow along on https://twitter.com/UAWeapons who post identifying captions in English. As always, take with a pinch of salt.)

Re: No need to declare captured Russian tanks, other equipment of invaders as income

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Post by pjc50 »

yossarian1408 wrote: post #10
pjc50 wrote: post #9

The Ukranian social media propaganda operation is just incredible, and they should keep at it because I think it's been a big part of the massive popular support in the West causing rapid government and NGO response to the invasion. Conversely they've been pretty effective at stopping information about their own disposition of forces being posted to social media, or at least it's not being retweeted anywhere I've see…

It's not their propaganda operation, it's ours.

https://en.interfax.com.ua/about.html looks pretty Ukranian to me?

Re: No need to declare captured Russian tanks, other equipment of invaders as income

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Post by MaysonL »

netsharc wrote: post #4

This and https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30525759 ... The Ukranian government seems to be very media-savvy, but for me this is noise compared to signal (important government declarations about the conflict, not about income tax on seized equipment), I feel like saying "My god man, can't you be a little serious, there's a fucking war going on!".

Imagine the Russian soldiers' parents reading this, and then getting a phone calls from their sons, now POWs, but still alive.

Re: No need to declare captured Russian tanks, other equipment of invaders as income

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Post by trhway »

a farmer stealing an armored carrier https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmPD1w1bZVI

Various Ukrainian people and organizations declared bounties for killed Russians and captured hardware. I suppose the bounties aren't going to be taxed too :)

Re: No need to declare captured Russian tanks, other equipment of invaders as income

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Post by brabel »

thro1 wrote: post #15

If anyone wonders why: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HxRJIwXj3s Gypsy snatched the tank, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kX2EYOWBmBY Ukrainian farmer stole a russian tank.

Funny, but you know those are fake, right?

Re: No need to declare captured Russian tanks, other equipment of invaders as income

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Post by watwut »

MaysonL wrote: post #13
netsharc wrote: post #4

This and https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30525759 ... The Ukranian government seems to be very media-savvy, but for me this is noise compared to signal (important government declarations about the conflict, not about income tax on seized equipment), I feel like saying "My god man, can't you be a little serious, there's a fucking war going on!".

Imagine the Russian soldiers' parents reading this, and then getting a phone calls from their sons, now POWs, but still alive.

They wont be reading this. Russia is informationally closed and now it became crime to spread "disinformation about war". This would likely fall in that category (regardless of whether true or not).

Also, Russian soldiers are dying too. It is fair to guess they are more likely to die then become POW.

Re: No need to declare captured Russian tanks, other equipment of invaders as income

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Post by TMWNN »

pjc50 wrote: post #12
yossarian1408 wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's not their propaganda operation, it's ours.

https://en.interfax.com.ua/about.html looks pretty Ukranian to me?

yossarian1408 means that CIA/MI6 are almost certainly running Ukraine's PR.
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