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EarthFirst

(2,900 posts) Mon Feb 28, 2022, 08:29 AM Feb 2022

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UKR: Snake Island sailors alive; navy confirms POW status

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UKR: Snake Island sailors alive; navy confirms POW status (Original Post) EarthFirst Feb 2022 OP

This makes me happy! Scrivener7 Feb 2022 #1

Tracking this. Great news if it's true. underpants Feb 2022 #2

fog of war - dont aways believe the first reports. Great news. Blues Heron Feb 2022 #3

Yes, that this update was coming was fairly obvious greenjar_01 Feb 2022 #4

Not a gimme for many millions...Facebook and Twitter news are gospel to too many. Alexander Of Assyria Feb 2022 #6

So true. BlackSkimmer Feb 2022 #7

Well, right. People believe (in this case, strangely) what they want to believe greenjar_01 Feb 2022 #16

Guess my point is implausibility loses out every time to the rush of instant outrage, groupthink. Alexander Of Assyria Feb 2022 #18

Twitter "news" is half baked in peacetime, fully roasted in wartime. Alexander Of Assyria Feb 2022 #5

GREAT news if true. 👍 Raine Feb 2022 #8

fingers crossed for this to be true. but their treatment as prisoners also worries me. niyad Feb 2022 #9

Any sudden super news is suspect. keithbvadu2 Feb 2022 #10

Wonderful news! PatSeg Feb 2022 #11

So happy to read this! They cursed the Russians and lived. Yeah. liberalla Feb 2022 #12

So glad to hear this! geardaddy Feb 2022 #13

It looks like Snake Island has it's flag..Translation: mitch96 Feb 2022 #14

Very glad to hear that! nt Wounded Bear Feb 2022 #15

I hope this is true and that they're well. Wingus Dingus Feb 2022 #17

Scrivener7

(50,949 posts)

1. This makes me happy!

Reply to EarthFirst (Original post)

Mon Feb 28, 2022, 08:32 AM

Feb 2022

underpants

(182,769 posts)

2. Tracking this. Great news if it's true.

Reply to EarthFirst (Original post)

Mon Feb 28, 2022, 08:49 AM

Feb 2022

Blues Heron

(5,931 posts)

3. fog of war - dont aways believe the first reports. Great news.

Reply to EarthFirst (Original post)

Mon Feb 28, 2022, 09:09 AM

Feb 2022

greenjar_01

(6,477 posts)

4. Yes, that this update was coming was fairly obvious

Reply to EarthFirst (Original post)

Mon Feb 28, 2022, 09:20 AM

Feb 2022

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=16395317

It's very rare for a whole unit to be "wiped out" in a war, especially not by naval bombardment, supposing the Russians even fired at all. The sole evidence that they'd "all been killed" was that they didn't answer queries.

This one was a gimme, really.

Alexander Of Assyria

(7,839 posts)

6. Not a gimme for many millions...Facebook and Twitter news are gospel to too many.

Reply to greenjar_01 (Reply #4)

Mon Feb 28, 2022, 09:22 AM

Feb 2022

BlackSkimmer

(51,308 posts)

7. So true.

Reply to Alexander Of Assyria (Reply #6)

Mon Feb 28, 2022, 09:29 AM

Feb 2022

People think Facebook and Twitter are the gospel.

greenjar_01

(6,477 posts)

16. Well, right. People believe (in this case, strangely) what they want to believe

Reply to Alexander Of Assyria (Reply #6)

Mon Feb 28, 2022, 12:04 PM

Feb 2022

This story (that they'd all been killed) was deeply improbable (indeed, implausible) from go.

Alexander Of Assyria

(7,839 posts)

18. Guess my point is implausibility loses out every time to the rush of instant outrage, groupthink.

Reply to greenjar_01 (Reply #16)

Mon Feb 28, 2022, 07:11 PM

Feb 2022

Alexander Of Assyria

(7,839 posts)

5. Twitter "news" is half baked in peacetime, fully roasted in wartime.

Reply to EarthFirst (Original post)

Mon Feb 28, 2022, 09:22 AM

Feb 2022

First heard this news of the Massacre on Snake Island on Twitter…first was outraged…then considering the source, did the usual….wait for the real news to catch up and douse the pants on fire.

Wait a couple days for actual news, it makes a real difference on my mental health to turn off the Outrage Button.

Raine

(30,540 posts)

8. GREAT news if true. 👍

Reply to EarthFirst (Original post)

Mon Feb 28, 2022, 09:47 AM

Feb 2022

niyad

(113,259 posts)

9. fingers crossed for this to be true. but their treatment as prisoners also worries me.

Reply to EarthFirst (Original post)

Mon Feb 28, 2022, 10:02 AM

Feb 2022

keithbvadu2

(36,775 posts)

10. Any sudden super news is suspect.

Reply to EarthFirst (Original post)

Mon Feb 28, 2022, 10:21 AM

Feb 2022

Any sudden super news is suspect.

Wait about 3 days to start getting some accuracy.

Then we have to wait more to get a full story.

PatSeg

(47,399 posts)

11. Wonderful news!

Reply to EarthFirst (Original post)

Mon Feb 28, 2022, 10:26 AM

Feb 2022

liberalla

(9,238 posts)

12. So happy to read this! They cursed the Russians and lived. Yeah.

Reply to EarthFirst (Original post)

Mon Feb 28, 2022, 10:36 AM

Feb 2022

geardaddy

(24,926 posts)

13. So glad to hear this!

Reply to EarthFirst (Original post)

Mon Feb 28, 2022, 10:43 AM

Feb 2022

Let them continue to tell the Russians to f*ck off.

mitch96

(13,892 posts)

14. It looks like Snake Island has it's flag..Translation:

Reply to EarthFirst (Original post)

Mon Feb 28, 2022, 10:45 AM

Feb 2022

Go Fuck yourself

Wounded Bear

(58,647 posts)

15. Very glad to hear that! nt

Reply to EarthFirst (Original post)

Mon Feb 28, 2022, 11:10 AM

Feb 2022

Wingus Dingus

(8,052 posts)

17. I hope this is true and that they're well.

Reply to EarthFirst (Original post)

Mon Feb 28, 2022, 12:06 PM

Feb 2022

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