It is unfortunte that discussion about the Ukraine war is so absent from HN. I understand that it is a complex topic that may drown HN's real purpose, but the HN readership use to have really insightful takes on most topics.
Analysis of the situation in Russia, claimed to be by an active FSB analyst
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Re: Analysis of the situation in Russia, claimed to be by an active FSB analyst
#22Looks fake. I can't imagine an FSB official caring about world hunger, especially as the prime concern.
It reads like a lore-dump pickup in a video game. The sort of thing you would find in plain sight in Call of Duty or similar. Maybe COD is more realistic than i thought...
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Re: Analysis of the situation in Russia, claimed to be by an active FSB analyst
#23All information in this note is fake. Check facts. Without emotions.
Update: Look for rebuttals, not confirmations, to verify information.
Re: Analysis of the situation in Russia, claimed to be by an active FSB analyst
#24It looks genuine, but it could also be a fake written as part of Ukrainian information war.
While everything in this article looks very plausible, it could just as well be written by an outsider with good understanding of Russian politics. In that case it could be a bit skewed to paint a more optimistic picture (or if you will pessimistic from Russia's perspective).
Re: Analysis of the situation in Russia, claimed to be by an active FSB analyst
#25>The Blitzkrieg failed. It's entirely impossible to complete the job at this point. If in the first 3 days Zelensky and some holders of power were captured, all key buildings in Kiev were taken, and the order to surrender was given, then yes. Resistance would be minimal.
that is their main miscalculation. The FSB in Russia these days are fat lazy pigs who can only racket business and screw the lives of basically defenseless regular people. When it comes to real work they fail. They were living in the dreamworld of their own propaganda and thought that it would be like Crimea - minimal resistance due to supposed large pro-Russian population. If they did at least minimal work - like say just watched Ukrainian humor shows over the last several years like i did (mostly by Zelensky production btw) they would have known that there is no such pro-Russian population in Ukraine anymore and the resistance would be opposite of "minimal".
Re: Analysis of the situation in Russia, claimed to be by an active FSB analyst
#26It is unfortunte that discussion about the Ukraine war is so absent from HN. I understand that it is a complex topic that may drown HN's real purpose, but the HN readership use to have really insightful takes on most topics.
You can sort of understand why, given that there's also a lot of low-quality posting as a result; this thread is already full of claims of "fake", and we have no real way of substantiating this.
Re: Analysis of the situation in Russia, claimed to be by an active FSB analyst
#27It could just be my ignorance, but is world hunger really as inevitable as they say. Couldn't other countries step up production or tap into their grain reserves? >World hunger is unavoidable... I can't tell you what the higher ups were thinking when they decided to go through with this operation
In the West just not wasting food is an easy first step. Businesses are most guilty of this. If there was a genuine crisis regulating food waste would help.
Re: Analysis of the situation in Russia, claimed to be by an active FSB analyst
#28All information in this note is fake. Check facts. Without emotions. Update: Look for rebuttals, not confirmations, to verify information.
Well thank you for that incredibly useful contribution.
No, not all information in this note is fake, that is complete nonsense, so now, if you don't mind, please point out exactly which bits you believe are fake and why?
Re: Analysis of the situation in Russia, claimed to be by an active FSB analyst
#29It is unfortunte that discussion about the Ukraine war is so absent from HN. I understand that it is a complex topic that may drown HN's real purpose, but the HN readership use to have really insightful takes on most topics.
I think it's understandable.
It's very hard to believe whatever either side is reporting. And before you say that's what Russian bots want you to believe, I'll add I lost my trust after Iraq war reporting (like who in their right mind confuses plot of The Rock (film) and WMD in real life), and then after Trump's victory in 2016 (media I was following at the time were making it out to be a sure fire thing for Hillary which is opposite of what happened).
I remain a skeptic and will wait for 5+ years to see what actually happened.
Re: Analysis of the situation in Russia, claimed to be by an active FSB analyst
#30thank you bellingcat journo, I totally believe you.