Source: Buyidao
Written by/Daodaojie Daojianxiao
Special military operation in Ukraine is "at a critical moment".
Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov was interviewed by Indian media today, and specifically mentioned the military operation carried out by the Russian army in the eastern Ukraine region, saying that this operation aimed at "completely liberating" Donbas is now in the next stage.
After Ukrainian President Zelensky announced late at night that "the War of Donbas has begun", the situation in eastern Ukraine immediately attracted high attention from international public opinion.
The Ukrainian army said this afternoon that it had exchanged fire with the Russian army on the long front line that lasted hundreds of kilometers in eastern Wu.
Outside the battlefield, the United States and Europe are also increasing pressure on Russia on more fronts.
Washington said that the US may seek to list Russia as a "supporting terrorist" country; EU said that it plans to carry out the sixth round of sanctions against Russia; Kiev said that it has accelerated its pace of joining the EU...
And the news that " Google map discloses all Russia's strategies and military facilities" once again makes people notice the depth of the degree to which the US and Western multinational companies are actively or passively involved in the Russian-Ukrainian conflict.
This reveals a huge hidden worry that cannot be ignored.
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Zelensky announced last night that "the war in Ukraine has begun", and the attention of international public opinion was immediately directed to the Donbas region.
The Ukrainian military released a message this afternoon saying that the Ukrainian army is "attacking the Russian army on the entire long eastern front." But apart from this, there has been no detailed information about the progress of the war in the eastern front of Ukraine.
Kiev regime Luhansk Governor Hardy spoke out on the same day, saying that negotiations with the Russian army on the humanitarian evacuation corridor "failed". In the CNN report, the governor responded to Kiev's statement that the Russian army "carried a large number of weapons and equipment" had launched a large-scale ground attack in eastern Ukraine. He urged local residents to take buses and trains as soon as possible, "Hurry up!"
However, Kiev's internal judgments on the Russian offensive in Donbas in the past two days seem to be inconsistent.
Zelensky and the Secretary-General of the Ukrainian National Security Council believe that the Russian army has officially started the "Hundred-prepared Battle of Donbas " and has concentrated a large part of its strength on the offensive and launched a ground attack along the 480-kilometer "almost the entire front line".
Other officials and analysts in Wu believe that it is just a "prelude".
Some US media quoted these people's opinions and reports that Russia is still transporting troops and equipment to the southeastern region of Donbas, and the ground operations in the past two days are far from reaching the expected "large-scale offensive."
Of course, the real "war" is indeed imminent and will begin in the next few days.
How will the Russian army fight after the Donbas region is focused?
Retired Australian Major General Mik Ryan analyzed on social media that the Russian army has two options: deep surround and shallow surround: deep surround, which is to build a larger encirclement from northern Ukraine, to defeat the Ukrainian army and occupy the area east of the line.
shallow encirclement is likely to be from Ijium in eastern Ukraine to Mariupol on the southern coast, and the target is in the two prefectures of Donetsk and Luhansk and the areas that have been conquered in southern Ukraine.
No matter what form of combat plan is adopted, as long as the action is smooth, Russia can announce the achievement of the "special military action" goal by then.
Just when Ukraine claimed that "the Battle of Donbas has begun", the Russian army's offensive against some other Ukrainian cities continued.
Ukraine said that the western city of Lviv was attacked by Russian missiles on 518, and Kharkov in the east was also bombed similarly. Russian Ministry of Defense confirmed that it destroyed a logistics center in the Lviv region and a large number of weapons arrived in Ukraine from the United States and Europe that morning.
According to US media reports, Lviv is a major transportation hub in Ukraine. Since the outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, Ukraine has been receiving weapons from Western allies there.
In addition to Lviv, the war in Mariupol, the focus city in recent days has also continued.
This afternoon, Russian Defense Ministry officials issued an ultimatum to the "enemy entrenched in the Azov Steel Plant", demanding that they surrender at 12:00 Moscow time on the 19th, "put down their weapons and stop some battles."
The Russian army previously stated that it had controlled the Mariupol city, but estimated that about 2,500 Ukrainian soldiers and 400 mercenaries are still hiding in the local Azov steel plant. Ukrainian Prime Minister Smigal said that Ukrainian troops will "fight to the end" in Mariupol.
In addition to the battlefield, the United States and Europe continue to increase pressure on Russia on other "fronts".
U.S. State Department spokesperson said on the 18th local time that the US is looking for all feasible ways to hold Russia accountable, including the possibility of listing Russia as a "supporting terrorism." White House said that US President Biden will hold a meeting with allies on the 19th to discuss the situation in Ukraine. In addition to the battlefield, there is also a battlefield without gunpowder.
" Google Maps 18 began to provide satellite images of all Russian military and strategic facilities at a resolution of 0.5 meters per pixel."
If it is true, it is terrifying to think about it carefully. Is there any?
A closer look at the production chain of this news will be quite meaningful.
Step 1: Self-media concocts topics.
Yesterday morning, an Twitter account named "Armed Forces Ukr" first posted a set of pictures saying, "Google Maps opens access to Russia's military and strategic facilities."
combined with the pictures, it says, "Now everyone can see various Russian launchers, intercontinental ballistic missile mines, command posts and secret landfills, with a resolution of about 0.5 meters per pixel."
sounds like that.
"Armed Forces Ukr" is not an ordinary official account. Although the introduction only has one sentence "Glory belongs to Ukraine and its warriors!", the official Twitter of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense has cited its news many times before.
Step 2: Spread its influence by the media.
"Prime d'Ukraine" quickly released the news as a news release, even if it did not seek Google confirmation, it did not seek more evidence.
A tweet from the self-media was transformed into a very eye-catching and seemingly sensational "fact".
Step 3: All parties will end and spread widely.
Many foreign media reported a lot that due to Russia's "special military operations", Google Maps no longer blurs some of the military-sensitive locations related to it.
Although many people know that the military satellite technology of various countries is very mature, and most of them can see the military and strategic facilities of the target country just by looking at it. In contrast, the images displayed on Google Maps are not enough to see whether they are technical or military.
But many people still interpret Google's suspected action.
One statement is, "This is a warning to Russia"; or, "this is to some extent Google's political statement."
However, Google quickly denied the rumor: "We have not made any changes to the satellite images about Russia."
Those so-called "with pictures and truth" pictures do exist, but they could have been found on Google Maps long before the outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict.
Moreover, Google has previously blurred images from some sensitive areas, such as the French 705 Air Force Base. But at the same time, some military facilities can also be seen by the public, just like the infamous 51 district .
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Why are so many people believing in this news without thinking?
That's because there have been several rounds of confrontation between Google and Russia since the outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict.
For example, when one time, when typing "Dear Russian" in English in Google Translate Program, the Russian translation that appears would be "Dead Russian".
After Russia protested, Google made a correction.
But thinking about this "mistake" happened after Google was punished by the Russian side, it is inevitable that people would have thought it was intentional.
Russian communications regulator announced on April 7 that it is prohibited to place advertisements on Google and its affiliated information resource platforms because Google "has repeatedly violated Russian laws."
fell forward, and Google was not idle either.
It actively responded to the US sanctions on Russia, suspended advertising sales in Russia, cut off some Russian users' access to Google Pay, and banned Russian official media accounts from placing advertisements on its YouTube.
earlier. On the fourth day after the outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, on February 28, Google temporarily closed the layers of Google Maps that display the road conditions in Ukraine, as well as some real-time information. It claims to be for the safety of the Ukrainian people.
Sensitive moments, Google is not the only one who is political.
It is said that Musk's Starlink satellite Internet service has long been open to Ukraine, and it has even "served the Ukrainian military" to help Ukrainian drones track and bomb Russian troops' ground targets.
More multinational companies, such as Apple , Microsoft , Intel , etc., have also announced their suspension of services in Russia.
It can be seen that whether it is the cognitive war fought by Ukraine or the personal outcome of major American multinational companies, it shows a major change in modern warfare: war is no longer limited to war in the military field, but extends to politics, diplomacy, finance, trade, media, cognition and other fields.
An obvious trend is that the saying "business belongs to business, politics belongs to politics" may no longer apply in wars or conflicts.
Some American multinational executives simply use the values of binary opposition to , and divide the world into a confrontation between "democracy" and "authoritarianism". If this absolute thinking is combined with the high technology and strong resources mastered by its enterprises, the possible destructiveness can be imagined.
In this case, technology will not only not make the world better, but will make the world worse.
Image from the Internet
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