⚡️🇷🇺🇺🇦🚫 On the Introduction of Restrictions on Media Work in the South of #Ukraine⚡️
A couple of days ago, the Operational Command "South" of the AFU announced the introduction of restrictions on the activities of media personnel in the command's area of responsibility in #Odessa, #Nikolayev, #Kherson and #Dnepropetrovsk regions.
Under the new requirements, journalists and reporters have been assigned three zones: a "red" zone where media presence is strictly forbidden, a "yellow" zone where media personnel are allowed to work in the presence of a specially authorised officer and a "green" zone with no restrictions.
🔹Why is this done?
The Ukrainian authorities have repeatedly tried to restrict the work of foreign media, especially in the area of hostilities or within the radius of possible missile and drone strikes. Ukrainian propaganda is fundamentally based on falsified data and disinformation.
The presence of staff from Western news agencies - or rather media not under the control of the Ukrainian authorities - is a big problem for Ukrainian infobots. Western journalists could easily publish something that would completely smash propaganda built on lies.
🔹Which areas have been restricted for media work?
🔴 "Red Zone":
Entirely banned from visiting military bases, firing ranges, ports and airfields, as well as other critical infrastructure. Also, journalists are not allowed to work in areas bordering #Transnistria.
In #Nikolayev and #Kherson regions, reporters are not allowed to work in #Pravdino, Posad-Pokrovskoye, #Kiselevka, #Novopetrovka, #Lyubomirovka, #Snigirevka, Davydov Brod, Belaya Krinitsa and #Vysokopolye. In these localities, training activities for the mobilized are taking place, among other things.
Media workers are also prohibited from approaching the banks of the #Dnieper-Bug estuary, the #Ingulets River and the #Kakhovka Reservoir, where SRGs operate on boats, and there is active training of assault groups on forcing water obstacles.
🟡 "Yellow Zone":
Accompanied by authorised representatives of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defence, journalists and reporters are able to work in several settlements in the #Nikolayev and #Dnepropetrovsk regions. Some of them are also equipped with training grounds for the mobilized. Filming along the Black Sea coast is possible with restrictions.
📌 Such Restrictions are perfectly logical in wartime conditions, so the measures taken by the Ukrainian authorities are not surprising. However, the creation of "red zones" is a double-edged sword, as it directly points out important positions and facilities to watch out for.
Since members of the media are banned from going there, it means that there is something of interest in the area, something that ordinary citizens should not see, much less be leaked to the media.
The Alibey Nature Reserve south of #Odessa on the Black Sea coast is partially included in the red zone. Near the conservation area there is a testing ground of "Tuzla", where the "Grom-2" missile defence system is tested). At present four missile launchers are deployed near #Tuzla.
In addition, the activities of journalists near the border with #Transnistria are completely banned. This is due to the concentration of several hundred people and dozens of weapons near the PMR, which is constantly denied by Kiev. There are also dozens of foreign mercenaries operating in the border villages.
And the establishment of the "red zone" along the #Kakhovka reservoir, the #Dnieper and the Dnieper-Bug estuary is mostly related to preparations for an AFU counterattack and the probable forcing (https://t.me/rybar/44982) of the water barrier to divert the attention of Russian troops from the main strike.
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A couple of days ago, the Operational Command "South" of the AFU announced the introduction of restrictions on the activities of media personnel in the command's area of responsibility in #Odessa, #Nikolayev, #Kherson and #Dnepropetrovsk regions.
Under the new requirements, journalists and reporters have been assigned three zones: a "red" zone where media presence is strictly forbidden, a "yellow" zone where media personnel are allowed to work in the presence of a specially authorised officer and a "green" zone with no restrictions.
🔹Why is this done?
The Ukrainian authorities have repeatedly tried to restrict the work of foreign media, especially in the area of hostilities or within the radius of possible missile and drone strikes. Ukrainian propaganda is fundamentally based on falsified data and disinformation.
The presence of staff from Western news agencies - or rather media not under the control of the Ukrainian authorities - is a big problem for Ukrainian infobots. Western journalists could easily publish something that would completely smash propaganda built on lies.
🔹Which areas have been restricted for media work?
🔴 "Red Zone":
Entirely banned from visiting military bases, firing ranges, ports and airfields, as well as other critical infrastructure. Also, journalists are not allowed to work in areas bordering #Transnistria.
In #Nikolayev and #Kherson regions, reporters are not allowed to work in #Pravdino, Posad-Pokrovskoye, #Kiselevka, #Novopetrovka, #Lyubomirovka, #Snigirevka, Davydov Brod, Belaya Krinitsa and #Vysokopolye. In these localities, training activities for the mobilized are taking place, among other things.
Media workers are also prohibited from approaching the banks of the #Dnieper-Bug estuary, the #Ingulets River and the #Kakhovka Reservoir, where SRGs operate on boats, and there is active training of assault groups on forcing water obstacles.
🟡 "Yellow Zone":
Accompanied by authorised representatives of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defence, journalists and reporters are able to work in several settlements in the #Nikolayev and #Dnepropetrovsk regions. Some of them are also equipped with training grounds for the mobilized. Filming along the Black Sea coast is possible with restrictions.
📌 Such Restrictions are perfectly logical in wartime conditions, so the measures taken by the Ukrainian authorities are not surprising. However, the creation of "red zones" is a double-edged sword, as it directly points out important positions and facilities to watch out for.
Since members of the media are banned from going there, it means that there is something of interest in the area, something that ordinary citizens should not see, much less be leaked to the media.
The Alibey Nature Reserve south of #Odessa on the Black Sea coast is partially included in the red zone. Near the conservation area there is a testing ground of "Tuzla", where the "Grom-2" missile defence system is tested). At present four missile launchers are deployed near #Tuzla.
In addition, the activities of journalists near the border with #Transnistria are completely banned. This is due to the concentration of several hundred people and dozens of weapons near the PMR, which is constantly denied by Kiev. There are also dozens of foreign mercenaries operating in the border villages.
And the establishment of the "red zone" along the #Kakhovka reservoir, the #Dnieper and the Dnieper-Bug estuary is mostly related to preparations for an AFU counterattack and the probable forcing (https://t.me/rybar/44982) of the water barrier to divert the attention of Russian troops from the main strike.
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⚡️🇷🇺🇺🇦🚀 On the attempted Strike by the AFU on #Kerch with the Grom-2 Tactical Missile System⚡️
🗓 Today around 08:30 (22 Apr 2023), Ukrainian formations attempted another strike on the Crimean peninsula from the Grom-2 operational and tactical missile system.
The missile was shot down over the waters of the Sea of Azov near #Kerch by RF Armed Forces' 3rd Squadron anti-aircraft gunners of the 18th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment. There were no fatalities or injuries, the shrapnel fell into the water.
In contrast to two previous attempts of 👉 strikes in #Gvardeyskoye and #Feodosiya from the #Odessa region, the AFU changed its positioning area for the Grom-2 missile launches. This time the launch was conducted from the vicinity of #Zaporozhye and the distance was about 290 km.
Meanwhile, last night Ukrainian formations attempted to hit #Armyansk in the north of the peninsula from the "Alder" multiple rocket launcher system at a distance of about 100 km. All the shells were shot down by air defence crews.
📌 The Intensity of the Shelling remains the same at the moment. However, the relocation of the Grom-2 missile system to #Zaporozhye indicates that the testing of the battery of four complexes at #Tuzla in #Odessa region has been completed and the missiles have been brought into service.
The new positioning area in #Zaporozhye makes it possible to expand the geography of tactical missile use not only in #Crimea and near the Kerch Bridge, but also in the south of #Zaporozhye region and in the DPR. In addition, the redeployment of tactical missiles fully correlates with the preparation of the AFU for an offensive.
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📜 RYBAR; 22 Apr 2023, 13:48
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🗓 Today around 08:30 (22 Apr 2023), Ukrainian formations attempted another strike on the Crimean peninsula from the Grom-2 operational and tactical missile system.
The missile was shot down over the waters of the Sea of Azov near #Kerch by RF Armed Forces' 3rd Squadron anti-aircraft gunners of the 18th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment. There were no fatalities or injuries, the shrapnel fell into the water.
In contrast to two previous attempts of 👉 strikes in #Gvardeyskoye and #Feodosiya from the #Odessa region, the AFU changed its positioning area for the Grom-2 missile launches. This time the launch was conducted from the vicinity of #Zaporozhye and the distance was about 290 km.
Meanwhile, last night Ukrainian formations attempted to hit #Armyansk in the north of the peninsula from the "Alder" multiple rocket launcher system at a distance of about 100 km. All the shells were shot down by air defence crews.
📌 The Intensity of the Shelling remains the same at the moment. However, the relocation of the Grom-2 missile system to #Zaporozhye indicates that the testing of the battery of four complexes at #Tuzla in #Odessa region has been completed and the missiles have been brought into service.
The new positioning area in #Zaporozhye makes it possible to expand the geography of tactical missile use not only in #Crimea and near the Kerch Bridge, but also in the south of #Zaporozhye region and in the DPR. In addition, the redeployment of tactical missiles fully correlates with the preparation of the AFU for an offensive.
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📜 RYBAR; 22 Apr 2023, 13:48
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