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
- Did Putin threaten anyone who dares interfere with nuclear retaliation?
0:17:55 NEWS
- 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
- 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
- RUSSIA: Thousands of people arrested at anti-war protests
- 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
- 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
0:50:20 REALLY WRONG
- Really Wrong: Russian government and Vladimir Putin spreading misinformation
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:
- 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