Russian TV airs fake video alleging Ukrainian involvement in terrorist attack, featuring Ukrainian official - eviltoast
Russian propagandists from the NTV TV channel have released a deepfake featuring Oleksii Danilov, Secretary of the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine, attempting to convince audiences that “Ukraine was involved in the 22 March terrorist attack.”
    • no banana@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      8 months ago

      Pretty much what I feel about it. It’s still to early to tell what exactly this tragedy is, though I’m not surprised that it’s being used by the Kremlin.

    • Troy@lemmy.caEnglish
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      8 months ago

      I spent an hour today trying to find a real source for this quote, often misattributed to Churchill. And failed. Found some sources saying it predates Churchill, but no direct references. Seems an adage that is quite old though.

      • vulture_god@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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        8 months ago

        I’ve always heard it attributed (in a slightly different form) to Rahm Emmanuel, e.g. :

        Never let a good crisis go to waste