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The first line of the Ukraine national anthem translates to ‘Ukraine is not dead yet’

This episode is a special about the Russian war and invasion of Ukraine. No TWISH, no Pope and no surprise as to who gets the Really Wrong award*). We do urge anyone who can to support the people of Ukraine, and provide links to some of the charities you can donate to. Topics we discuss are:

• UKRAINE: DW Fact Check – Do any of Putin’s claims hold water?
• INTERNATIONAL: Media giants clamp down on Russian state-own propaganda channels, RT and Sputnik
• RUSSIA: Partial restriction on access to Facebook to Protect Russian media
• RUSSIA: Thousands of people arrested at anti-war protests
• CZECHIA: Chief prosecutor warns against public support for Russian aggression (what about free speech?)
• UKRAINE: Fake videos showing Russian invasion
• UKRAINE: Chernobyl radiation levels increase significantly after heavy fighting around the area
• UKRAINE: Is the Ghost of Kyiv real?
• UKRAINE: World’s heaviest aircraft confirmed destroyed
• SPACE: Franklin Mars rover likely not a go this year due to Russia’s war
• SPACE: UK satellite company OneWeb cancels all Russian launches after dramatic fallout with space agency

*) Spoiler, it’s Putin.

Segments: Intro; Greetings; News; Really Wrong; Charities For Ukraine; Quote And Farewell; Outro;
 
0:00:27 INTRO

0:00:54 GREETINGS

• War in Ukraine – a wider European scope
  • Snopes: https://www.snopes.com/ap/2022/02/24/ukraine-attack-leaves-baltics-wondering-are-we-next/
• Did Putin threaten anyone who dares interfere with nuclear retaliation?
  • Snopes: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/putin-nuclear-consequences-ukraine/
  • Snopes: https://www.snopes.com/ap/2022/02/27/putin-puts-nuclear-forces-on-high-alert/
  • the Conversation: https://theconversation.com/ukraine-war-what-are-the-risks-that-russia-will-turn-to-its-nuclear-arsenal-178139

0:17:55 NEWS

• UKRAINE: DW Fact Check – Do any of Putin’s claims hold water?
  • DW: https://www.dw.com/en/fact-check-do-vladimir-putins-justifications-for-going-to-war-against-ukraine-add-up/a-60917168
• INTERNATIONAL: Media giants clamp down on Russian state-own propaganda channels, RT and Sputnik
  • Engadget: https://www.engadget.com/youtube-blocks-rt-sputnik-across-europe-101619950.html
  • the Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/feb/28/facebook-takes-down-disinformation-network-targeting-ukraine-meta-instagram
  • Snopes: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ukraine-letter-mark-zuckerberg/
  • the Conversation: https://theconversation.com/ukraine-war-rt-coverage-is-biased-and-misleading-but-banning-the-network-may-not-be-a-good-idea-178128
• RUSSIA: Partial restriction on access to Facebook to Protect Russian media
  • the Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/feb/24/ukraine-hackers-defend-against-russia
• RUSSIA: Thousands of people arrested at anti-war protests
  • Reuters: https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/police-detain-more-than-900-people-anti-war-protests-across-russia-monitoring-2022-02-27/
  • the Conversation: https://theconversation.com/ukraine-what-anti-war-protesters-in-russia-risk-by-speaking-out-178098
  • OVD-info: https://ovdinfo.org/
• CZECHIA: Chief prosecutor warns against public support for Russian aggression (what about free speech?)
  • Stuttgarter Nachrichten: https://www.stuttgarter-nachrichten.de/inhalt.chef-der-muenchner-philharmoniker-russischer-dirigenten-gergijew-wegen-freundschaft-zu-putin-entlassen.e8a87f0e-0396-4b74-a02e-7bb652d74b76.html
  • Radio.cz: https://english.radio.cz/chief-prosecutor-warns-against-public-support-russian-aggression-8743179
• UKRAINE: Fake videos showing Russian invasion
  • Fall Fact: https://fullfact.org/online/ukraine-invasion-war-videos/
• UKRAINE: Chernobyl radiation levels increase significantly after heavy fighting around the area
  • Live Science: https://www.livescience.com/chernobyl-radiation-levels-rise-after-fighting
  • BBC: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-60528828
  • Live Science: https://www.livescience.com/what-if-russia-bombed-chernobyl
• UKRAINE: Is the Ghost of Kyiv real?
  • DW: https://www.dw.com/en/fact-check-ukraines-ghost-of-kyiv-fighter-pilot/a-60951825
• UKRAINE: World’s heaviest aircraft confirmed destroyed
  • Science Alert: https://www.sciencealert.com/world-s-largest-plane-antonov-225-destroyed-by-russian-strikes-in-ukraine
• SPACE: Franklin Mars rover likely not a go this year due to Russia’s war
  • The Verge: https://www.theverge.com/2022/2/28/22955003/esa-exomars-roscosmos-rosalind-franklin-rover-red-planet
• SPACE: UK satellite company OneWeb cancels all Russian launches after dramatic fallout with space agency
  • Yahoo Finance: https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/uk-satellite-company-oneweb-cancels-095037229.html

0:50:20 REALLY WRONG

• Really Wrong: Russian government and Vladimir Putin spreading misinformation
  • Snopes: https://www.snopes.com/news/2022/02/24/us-biolabs-ukraine-russia/
  • the Conversation: https://theconversation.com/ukraine-how-putin-used-a-long-proxy-conflict-to-justify-invasion-177652

0:57:06 CHARITIES FOR UKRAINE

• Ukrainie Humanitarian Fund:
  • Crisis Relief: https://crisisrelief.un.org/t/ukraine
• Razom for Ukraine:
  • Razom for Ukraine: https://razomforukraine.humanitru.com/donate
• The Kyiv Independent:
  • Kyiv Independent: https://kyivindependent.com/
• UNICEF:
  • UNICEF: https://www.unicef.org/emergencies/conflict-ukraine-pose-immediate-threat-children
• Migration Aid:
  • Migration Aid: https://migrationaid.org/

1:00:16 QUOTE AND FAREWELL

“What experience and history teaches us is that people and governments have never learned anything from history, or acted on principles deduced from it.”
/ Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (27 August 1770 – 14 November 1831), German philosopher. He is considered one of the most important figures in German idealism[30] and one of the founding figures of modern Western philosophy. /

1:02:50 OUTRO