A coordinated online campaign has reportedly encouraged users to alter fuel station information on digital maps across Russia, creating confusion among drivers.

The activity involves changing station statuses by marking locations with available fuel as empty or showing closed stations as operational.

Supporters of the campaign claim the effort is designed to disrupt travel decisions, increase uncertainty, and create additional pressure around fuel availability.

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    I feel like these campaigns to turn civilians of each country against each other is not helpful in shortening the war and may just fuel it

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      I think russians should not isolated from the “inconvenience” of the war their government started. Yes, it’s a hassle, but it’s also a pressure point.

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      the russians are more than welcome to come to Ukraine and get their head popped if they want.

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      Russia has been bombing Ukraine for 4 years now, killing thousands, after it already attacked and illegally annexed a large chunk of the country in 2014.

      People adding disinfo to community maps is maybe the least important act of warfare that could possibly prolong it.

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        You’re adding disinfo in a public federated social network instead. Also not a cool thing to do.

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        That was a load of one-sided disinfo by it self. There are plenty of reasons to believe/support Russia and even blame the west, US/Nato vassals for creating the whole affair - but you didn’t bother because you are angry.

        Anger closes off our normal critical intuition, and lowers our cognitive abilities. That’s a well known and established fact and it works on you, me and everyone else too. Even if we are Billions of people around the world, that have actually evaluated what happened in Ukraine, you seem perfectly content with the narrative regurgitated by the Epstein class and western for-profit media pundits.

        However, US Epstein class have enough control over the western information space, to create an echo-chamber with these narratives - a ‘Lynch-mob’ throughout their ‘Empire’ (Known as “The Empire of Lies” outside US ). You are in such a lynchmob, and everybody outside is trying - in their own way - to inform you guy’s that you have been conned and tricked into hating Russia (and other enemies of the Epstein’s), thereby giving the Elite psychos the go ahead for an attack on Russia (…and Iran …and China …and). It’s called ‘Manufacturing consent’ and it is how US elite manage its local/global populations to control their global hegemony.

        The wars the Epstein class have started in the world, won’t end before you and all the angry people in the mob, calm down and try to figure out what information the pro-russia crowd have that you don’t. Then you should turn around and ask why you were not provided with that information from the Epstein’s/politician friends, or media outlets.

        Here’s a preview. A small drop in the ocean of research done to determine what really happened. If you are too angry, then you won’t look at these in an unbiased way, and it is then provably you that carries ‘disinfo’. At least skim the headlines without anger if you can. This small playlist is no longer updated and evidence/admissions for a planned US war have mounted since:

        https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6-hcqTF_eSc6PIdk3QIwtoxtTK1wr30y

        Every day you guy’s believe the Epstein’s narrative about ‘our evil enemies’, you keep the Epstein’s in power, Wars going, more people suffers/dies, and we all move closer towards ww3 bco it. Please re-evaluate your information sources and their incentives, see how information is delivered/managed in the west, and discover who the bad guy really is. Btw. Lemmy have the sub ‘inventing reality’, so check out how the Epstein’s control western opinions via media manipulation.

        …or you can OC just pour your anger out on me - way easier…

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          Mate, there must be 100s of videos in that play list with some coming from mainstream outlets and others just random dudes with a 100 views, which ones are the important ones?

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          Not reading a wall of tankie propaganda. Russia has committed uncountable atrocities, has flattened cities and is waging a terror bombing campaign on civilians. Fuck em.

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          You are absolutely pathetic and repulsive for supporting the imperialist russian regime. They and their supporters deserve nothing but death for the lives they have cost because they wanted to steal land and enrich themselves.

          The fact you’re regurgitating their lies is just sad. Do something better with your life.

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          The aggressors are not the victims.

          Your critical thinking abilities stop at “Western bad”.

          Empire is evil even if you like the color of it’s flag.

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            Your critical thinking abilities stop at “Western bad”.

            The frustrating part is them buying into that dichotomy at all. The boots on our necks wear whatever flag is convenient. They are not loyal to anyone but themselves. To argue which boot is worse misses the point that we should each fight whatever boot is in our reach.

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      It’s a long walk to that joke but as the campaign probably means more Russians having to walk, it feels oddly appropriate.