# Russia invades Ukraine {2022-02-24} (Part 1)

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Tags:** ukraine-invasion, breaking-news\
**Created:** [February 24, 2022, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russia-invades-ukraine-2022-02-24-part-1/960037 "2022-02-24T08:30:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![Al128](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/al128/32/16541_2.png) [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2022, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russia-invades-ukraine-2022-02-24-part-1/960037/8100 "2022-09-16T17:38:42Z")

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excellent reading!!! - addressing probably a very relevant problem in russia’s culture…

> **[Thread by @ChrisO\_wiki on Thread Reader App](https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1570169288849326082.html)**
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> @ChrisO\_wiki: 1/ Did a culture of institutionalised lying contribute to Russia's recent disaster east of Kharkiv, by giving its senior commanders a distorted and false picture of the true situation on the ground? A ...…

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… and it is also probably easier to understand how russian DOD reports stuff like “_The Moscva made it into port under its own power_” - when everybody can see the Moscva’s debris floating as a patch the size of Rhode Island.

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