#provocations — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #provocations, aggregated by home.social.
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A #Russian #aircraft is suspected of #violating #Finland’s #airspace over the western Gulf of #Finland, the Finnish Defense Ministry said on Aug. 20.
Report follows an uptick in Russian military flights near #NATO's eastern border, which NATO countries describe as #provocations & acts of #aggression
Finnish Border Guard leading the investigation; says it will release more information as investigation progresses
https://kyivindependent.com/russian-aircraft-suspected-of-violating-finnish-airspace-officials-say/
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Friday, August 21, 2026
Once a hub in the rear, Pavlohrad is now in Russia's guided bomb crosshairs . . . . . Ukraine hits Russian drone-launch airfields in Primorsko-Akhtarsk . . . . . Romanian military destroys suspected Russian sea drone in Black Sea . . . . . Russian aircraft suspected of violating Finnish airspace . . . . . and morehttps://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/08/friday-august-21-2026/
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#russia may be planning to use captured #Ukrainian long-range #drones in #provocations targeting countries bordering Ukraine
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“The Hidden History Of The Ukraine Proxy War For New Skeptics”
by Justin K. P. In The Dissident on Substack
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@european_alternatives“After the Ukrainian government directly took part in the U.S/Israeli war on Iran, it seems more progressive and left-of-centre people have been more open to a more skeptical view of the proxy war in Ukraine.
Some who viewed the proxy war in Ukraine as a blatant act of imperialism from Russia against Ukraine may begin to see that the reality is far more complicated.
The reality is, we were all lied to on a mass scale about the war in Ukraine, and it was in reality, a proxy war intentionally provoked and prolonged by the U.S. empire to use Ukraine to bleed Russia”
https://open.substack.com/pub/the307/p/the-hidden-history-of-the-ukraine
#Press #SocialMedia #Ukraine #Russia #Georgia #SMO #War #EU #US #ProxyWar #NATO #Iran #Caspian #Zelensky #Trump #Imperialism #Empire #Nuland #CIA #MI6 #Lies #Provocations #FarRight #Nazi #Fascism
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Writing on Solid Ground: Create an Intentional Writing Practice
The first time I took the bus from Pennsylvania to New York City I was surprised to discover that the skyline is not, as I had thought, all skyscrapers. Seen from a westerly approach, there are two distinct clusters of skyscrapers separated by blocks and blocks and blocks of shorter buildings. It seemed weird that the city planners hadn’t built more skyscrapers, given how many people want to live and work in Manhattan.
It was a puzzle I didn’t unlock until I found out about the geology of the island.
Manhattan has two areas of solid bedrock—one in Midtown and one downtown. And that’s where the skyscrapers go.
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Friday, November 21, 2025
Russia will test NATO's Article 5 soon, top Swedish general warns -- New US "peace plan" pushes capitulation with Russia; here's what we know so far -- Why I won’t encourage my Ukrainian child to speak Russian -- Russian spy ship Yantar targets RAF pilots with lasers near U.K. waters, London says ... and morehttps://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/11/friday-november-21-2025/
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Europe faces significant risk of major war if Russia starts mobilization
If Putin #launches a new #mobilization in #Russia, it could pose grave threat to #Europe & spark #WorldWar, Zelensky said on Oct. 8.
The president’s warning comes as #Russia steps up #provocations against #NATO countries, including a surge of mysterious #drone #sightings across #Europe that have raised fears of #HybridWarfare.
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Wednesday, October 1, 2025
As US mulls Tomahawks for Ukraine, here's how they could be used against Russia -- Classic false-flag operation: Kyiv denounces Russian allegations of Ukrainian provocations in Poland -- Zelensky warns of 'critical' situation at Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant after week long outage -- We asked 5 young Ukrainians why they chose to go to war ... and morehttps://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/10/wednesday-october-1-2025/
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"Classic false-flag operation"
Kyiv denounces #Russian allegations of Ukrainian provocations in #Poland
Russian narratives about “alleged preparations for #provocations against Poland” intended as “information #alibi” to lay groundwork for possible future actions by #Russia itself
Main goal is to test #NATO's reaction, sow #fear in #European societies, reduce support for #ukraine
#HybridWar #RussianAggression #RussianInvasion #NATO #disinformation #RussianPropaganda
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Saturday, September 27, 2025
"Next time, we may not be so lucky:" IAEA reports drone explosion near South Ukraine nuclear plant -- Ukraine's DeepStrike campaign 'significantly' crippling Russian military logistics as fuel crisis worsens -- "Just shoot them" Russian commander told troops to open fire on own retreating soldiers, intercepted communications -- Hungarian drones breach Ukraine's airspace -- Ukrainian teen’s escape from Russian-occupied territory ... and morehttps://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/09/saturday-september-27-2025/
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#Macron affirme que l’ #Otan doit « #monter d’un #cran » en cas de « #nouvelles #provocations #russes » mais #sans #abattre d’ #avion
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Tuesday, September 23, 2025
Ukraine hits Russian drone hub, ammunition depot, S-400 air defense system in series of strikes -- For first time, Ukraine hits 2 Russian anti-submarine amphibious aircraft in occupied Crimea -- Slovakia, Hungary excluded from initial EU drone wall talks -- Ahead of elections, Moldova’s president warns of Kremlin interference ... and morehttps://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/09/tuesday-september-23-2025/
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#NATO must respond accordingly #Russian #provocations: Czech president
We must act firmly. If #violations occur, we must respond accordingly, including militarily
#Russia will realise it made a mistake. overstepped its bounds. Unfortunately, this is balancing on the brink of conflict, but giving in to evil is impossible
#Poland, #Estonia #AirspaceViolations & #RussianInvasion of #Ukraine, effects us, if we don’t remain united, it will happen to us
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#Russia’s “imperialist plan wouldn’t end with the conquest of #Ukraine but would rather be just the start,” German Chancellor Friedrich Merz
“We are experiencing daily & with increasing intensity #hybrid #Russian #attacks, including on our #infrastructure,” Merz said, adding #Moscow repeatedly staged #provocations in #Baltic & North seas
Merz denounced Russian attacks on #German infrastructure & its attempts to #undermine social stability
https://kyivindependent.com/russias-imperialist-plan-is-only-beginning-merz-says/
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#TrumpRegime #NationalGuard #Democrats #fascists #provocations #history #déjà_vu
"While Trump frantically multiplies measures, initiatives, and faits accomplis that are paving the way for the establishment of a truly dictatorial regime in the United States, the leaders of the Democratic Party, foreign ministries around the world, followed by the international media, as well as the overwhelming majority of 'political scientists' and other think tank experts, persist in seeing nothing of the sort. Or rather, all these fine people persist in seeing only 'incomprehensible' acts, ‘whims’ or 'mood swings' on the part of this 'unfathomable' American president.
For example, when Trump deploys the National Guard or even the army in large cities such as Los Angeles, Washington DC, or Chicago, which are governed by Democrats, the Democratic Party establishment does not see the president’s attempt to test the reactions of his opponents, nor to accustom the population to the militarization of public life and the possible imposition of martial law. No, the Democratic leadership, followed by sympathetic media outlets, led by the New York Times, does not see any of this, but rather a… 'diversion' by Trump to prevent public attention from focusing on the Epstein scandal, which could tarnish his image !
Thus, the non-existent or at best lukewarm reactions of the Democratic Party leadership, the Democratic mayors of these cities, and the media close to them should come as no surprise. By refusing to call for a general mobilization of the populations concerned to counter Trump’s anti-democratic provocations in the streets and by ostensibly maintaining the illusion that salvation can only come from…judges, they can only encourage Trump to harden and expand his fascist offensive, which openly flouts all laws and constitutions,(1) even in an area as important and sensitive as the health of his fellow citizens. And it is no coincidence that a legendary doctor in the United States, such as the director of the CDC’s Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), Demetre Daskalakis, has resigned from his post, opportunely recalling that his Cretan grandfather—whose name he bears—died fighting the fascists and denouncing the eugenicist logic of Trump’s policies!
So how can we not remember another fascist provocation, this time also intended to test the reactions of opponents, 92 years ago? This was, of course, the parade of the Nazi SA and SS in front of the enormous headquarters of the German Communist Party in Berlin (called Karl Liebknecht Haus) on January 22, 1933. A parade that provoked no reaction whatsoever from the communists, who merely requested—in vain—the intervention of the police, even though this had been considered 'unthinkable' and 'impossible' the day before by both the KPD leadership and the Nazi party.
Commenting on this event in his diary, Goebbels did not hide his surprise at the 'paralysis' of the KPD, but also his overwhelming enthusiasm, concluding that no one was going to react against the Nazis’ rise to power. This is exactly what happened a week later when Hitler became chancellor and the Nazis came to power without the slightest street demonstration by either the Social Democratic SPD or the Communist KPD! As for the Karl Liebknecht Haus, the Nazis occupied it a month later to use as their own headquarters…
In short, history repeats itself and, unfortunately, not always as farce. For example, when the same Democratic establishment, but also its co-thinkers around the world, declare day after day that Trump’s future will be decided in the midterm elections in a year’s time and that, as there is a strong chance that Trump will pay dearly for his anti-democratic 'follies,' all the Democrats can do is to do everything they can to win these elections. Their reasoning would be consistent, if it weren’t for one major snag: who can guarantee that there will be midterm elections? Or even any elections at all in Donald Trump’s United States? Or at the very least, who can guarantee that these elections will not be rigged, as suggested, for example, by the systematic gerrymandering of electoral districts or the mass exclusion of 'undesirable' voters from the electoral rolls, which Republican governors are already happily indulging in?
The 'naivety' of the Democratic Party leaders, or rather their total misunderstanding of the (mortal) dictatorial and fascist danger represented by Trump and his acolytes, leads them not only to believe in myths such as the unshakeable 'solidity of American democracy,' but also to entertain illusions about their ability to ultimately tame Trump, who is, after all, flesh of their capitalist flesh. But all this imperceptibly brings to mind a historical precedent that cost humanity dearly: that of the right-wing and far-right bourgeois political establishment of the Weimar Republic, which, 'naively' believing it could easily tame Hitler and his Nazis, ultimately only brought him to power!"
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The Power of Giving Up
As writers, we’re often advised not to give up in the face of challenges and obstacles. Just keep going! The only one who can stop you from being published is you! You’ll get there!
Globally, over the long term, this is great advice.
https://writerunboxed.com/2025/09/01/the-power-of-giving-up/#provocations #REALWORLD #Writinglife #drafting #givingup
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Thursday, August 21, 2025
5 days of diplomacy, 5 days of deadly Russian attacks on Ukraine — Russia is turning occupied Ukraine into a giant military base — Today’s drone strike sparks blaze at oil refinery in Russia’s Rostov Oblast — [vlog/video] The ground drone revolution in Ukraine (Robots are Here) … and more
https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/08/thursday-august-21-2025/
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Saturday, August 16, 2025
That meeting was sickening; Putin loved it — Russian strike hits central Sumy just hours before Trump-Putin summit — Half of Starlink terminals sent to Ukraine found in Russian-occupied areas — Ukraine strikes oil refinery in Russia’s Samara Oblast, command post in Donetsk Oblast … and more
https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/08/saturday-august-16-2025/
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#Germany scrambles fighter jets to intercept Russian spy plane
This adds to series of #provocations reported by #NATO allies since start of #Russia's #invasion of #Ukraine in 2022
The Russian #Il-20M, which took off from Kaliningrad with its transponder switched off, was headed west toward international airspace near Poland and Germany when it was detected by NATO radar systems.
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Sunday, June 29, 2025
Russia revives obsolete T-62 tanks amid equipment shortages — Ukraine approves new ‘Murakha’ ground robot for combat use — Ukrainian drones strike missile, drone arsenal in Russia’s Bryansk Oblast — Russia has amassed 111,000 troops near Pokrovsk … and more
https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/06/sunday-june-29-2025/
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Sunday, May 4, 2025
Ukrainian sea drone downs Russian fighter jet in world-first strike — Russia used thermobaric weapons in drone strike on Kharkiv, Ukrainian prosecutors say — Russian drone attack on Kyiv injures 11 people, including 2 children, damages shopping mall — France to ramp up AASM Hammer smart bomb production for Ukraine … and more
https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/05/sunday-may-4-2025/
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Why Write Fiction?
I’m used to being asked where I get story ideas or what my writing process is like. I can reply to these questions easily because I know the answers. But I was thrown off recently when a friend of a friend I met at a party asked me why I write fiction.
https://writerunboxed.com/2025/04/23/why-write-fiction/#CRAFT #Inspirations #provocations #REALWORLD #RESEARCH
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The Rational-Irrational Writer
Some people know exactly what they want to be when they grow up. Others take a more winding road. I belong to the second group.
https://writerunboxed.com/2025/04/03/the-rational-irrational-writer/#conflict #Health #Inspirations #perseverance #provocations
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#Putin has a “long-standing desire to restore ‘Mother Russia’” & remains determined to assert power over Kyiv, one official said commenting on the U.S. intelligence assessment circulated among #Trump's administration on March 6
Some officials believe even if #Russia agrees to temporary truce, #Moscow will use the pause to #rearm, #violate the agreement, * create #provocations & blame on #Ukraine
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Massive shelling of Donbass (Before start Russian SMO)
Started in 2014 by the Ukrainian army and continues to this day.On 11th February, President Joe Biden announced that Russia would attack the Ukraine in the next few days. How did he know this? It is a mystery. But since the 16th, the artillery shelling of the population of Donbass increased dramatically, as the daily reports of the OSCE observers show. Naturally, neither the media, nor the European Union, nor NATO, nor any Western government reacts or intervenes. It will be said later that this is Russian disinformation. In fact, it seems that the European Union and some countries have deliberately kept silent about the massacre of the Donbass population, knowing that this would provoke a Russian intervention.
The characterization of the Ukrainian paramilitaries as “Nazis” or “neo-Nazis” is considered Russian propaganda. Perhaps. But that’s not the view of the Times of Israel, the Simon Wiesenthal Center or the West Point Academy’s Center for Counterterrorism. But that’s still debatable, because in 2014, Newsweek magazine seemed to associate them more with… the Islamic State. Take your pick!
#^https://diasp.org/posts/21354825
#ukraine #NATO #USA #US #EU #ukrainian #AFU #terrorism #massacre #provocations #politics #Donbass #Russia #history #military
Long but very informative in dept description and analysis of : The Military Situation In The Ukraine
This is a very important article written by a former high official in the Swiss military and NATO and the UN. It is long but important and tells some of the truth about the situation in Ukraine that you will never hear in the media in west…Let’s try to examine the roots of the conflict. It starts with those who for the last eight years have been talking about “separatists” or “independentists” from #Donbass. This is not true. The referendums conducted by the two self-proclaimed Republics of Donetsk and Lugansk in May 2014, were not referendums of “independence” (независимость), as some unscrupulous journalists have claimed, but referendums of “self-determination” or “autonomy” (самостоятельность). The qualifier “pro-Russian” suggests that Russia was a party to the conflict, which was not the case, and the term “Russian speakers” would have been more honest. Moreover, these referendums were conducted against the advice of Vladimir #Putin.
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Western countries have thus clearly created and supported Ukrainian far-right militias. In October 2021, the Jerusalem Post sounded the alarm by denouncing the Centuria project. These militias had been operating in the Donbass since 2014, with Western support. Even if one can argue about the term “Nazi,” the fact remains that these militias are violent, convey a nauseating ideology and are virulently anti-Semitic. Their anti-Semitism is more cultural than political, which is why the term “Nazi” is not really appropriate. Their hatred of the Jew stems from the great famines of the 1920s and 1930s in the Ukraine, resulting from Stalin’s confiscation of crops to finance the modernization of the Red Army. This genocide—known in the Ukraine as the Holodomor—was perpetrated by the NKVD (the forerunner of the KGB), whose upper echelons of leadership were mainly composed of Jews. This is why, today, Ukrainian extremists are asking Israel to apologize for the crimes of communism, as the Jerusalem Post notes. This is a far cry from Vladimir Putin’s “rewriting of history.”
#Ukraine #Russia #Politics #History #UkraineWar #Military #NATO #EU #US
#^https://www.thepostil.com/the-military-situation-in-the-ukraine/
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Are You #Overreacting?
How to survive when #provocations are a natural—and inescapable—part of life.
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/open-questions/are-you-overreacting