Ukraine -Russo

[Jasin]

The Rus were still using Starlink with their WhatsApps, etc
when I was there.
So either there has been a big change or just more stupid propaganda that rivals Bigfoot & UFOs?

[tllwd]

I am sure that apart from hacking and other technical solutions there is strong shady business going on where Ukrainians resell Starlinks to Russians because of corruption and nepotism, after all "blood is thicker then water" and with so many families split on both sides it is only natural to help cousins to do small geschaft.

[Jasin]

I think you a very right on that Tallo.

[Bobby]

Russians executing their own soldiers in large numbers:

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz7gw3l395ro

24th Feb.  2026

Warning: This story contains details of extreme violence and reference to suicide.

Four Russian soldiers have exposed the horror and brutality of conditions on their side of the front lines in Ukraine, with two men telling the BBC they saw soldiers being executed on the spot for refusing orders.

One man told a documentary team he saw a soldier executed on the order of his commander, who was made a "Hero of Russia" in 2024.

"I see it - just two metres, three metres... click, clack, bang," he said.

Another soldier, from a different unit, says he saw his commander shoot four men himself.

"I knew them," he says of the soldiers executed. "I remember one of them screaming 'Don't shoot, I'll do anything!'"

One of them also says he saw 20 bodies of fellow soldiers lying in a pit after being "zeroed" by comrades. The term "zero" is Russian military slang for executing your own.

In the documentary, The Zero Line: Inside Russia's War, men give detailed accounts about how they were tortured for refusing to take part in assaults they describe as verging on suicide missions. Russian troops call these attacks "meat storms" as waves of men are sent across the front line relentlessly to try and wear down Ukrainian forces.

Dima also describes how he saw bodies of 20 men, who had arrived at his base the previous night, lying in a ditch having been shot.

He says he spoke to several of the men, all ex-convicts, before witnessing them being taken away the following morning.

As a medic, the dead were routinely reported to Dima, and he says he was informed that these men had been shot dead by a commander and their bank cards taken.

"Twenty lads were brought to us. They just took their bank cards and killed them," he recalls. "It's not a problem to write off someone. You just make up a report."

Dima says he was told the bank cards had been taken by commanders.

The BBC documentary also hears from another former soldier - a senior staff officer, who says he served in the Russian military for 17 years. The former officer, whom we are not naming, says he spoke to a man who had helped kill a group of high-ranking officers.

The man said he had been part of a "liquidation squad sent to finish any survivors", the former officer recalls.

"I've never seen anything like this during all my years of service."

[Jasin]

Probably why they are eager to surrender instead

[tllwd]

Russians executing their own soldiers in large numbers:
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz7gw3l395ro
24th Feb.  2026

Warning: This story contains details of extreme violence and reference to suicide.

Bank cards on front line in Ukraine

The warning should be:
The BBC poofs take their readers for idiots

[Bobby]

Russians executing their own soldiers in large numbers:
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz7gw3l395ro
24th Feb.  2026

Warning: This story contains details of extreme violence and reference to suicide.

Bank cards on front line in Ukraine

The warning should be:
The BBC poofs take their readers for idiots

I trust the BBC.

[tllwd]

Russians executing their own soldiers in large numbers:
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz7gw3l395ro
24th Feb.  2026

Warning: This story contains details of extreme violence and reference to suicide.

Bank cards on front line in Ukraine

The warning should be:
The BBC poofs take their readers for idiots

I trust the BBC.

They abuse your trust

[Bobby]

I trust the BBC.

They abuse your trust

https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/bbc/

Overall, we rate the BBC Least Biased with a slight lean to the right, reflecting recent editorial patterns and a tendency toward establishment-oriented framing. We also rate them Mostly Factual, based on generally reliable sourcing but reduced for instances such as editing Donald Trump’s speech in a manner that framed it negatively, along with occasional issues involving sensitive social coverage.



Detailed Report
Bias Rating: LEAST BIASED (1.5)
Factual Reporting: MOSTLY FACTUAL (2.1)
Country: United Kingdom
MBFC’s Country Freedom Rating: MOSTLY FREE
Media Type: TV Station
Traffic/Popularity: High Traffic
MBFC Credibility Rating: HIGH CREDIBILITY

[tllwd]

That proves that birds of feather flock together