HeyJaredThe Lvivski Substack
Substack explaining the cognitive war and information operations, brought by expert media analysts and former intelligence officers. Focus on Ukraine and Russia, particularly the enslaved people in Ukraine's temporarily-occupied territories.
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The Changing War (opens the original)
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Russian drones struck targets in western Ukraine on Sunday 13 September, including a passenger train at Yahodyn station close to the Polish border.That the Russians are now prepared to bomb the border area marks a significant change in itself: until relatively recently the generally accepted view was that Moscow avoiding the risk of straying into NATO territory. Now it seems those concerns are gone, signalling almost certainly a direct challenge to NATO.Thanks for reading The Lvivski Substack!
Diplomatic Coercion (opens the original)
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I have tried to formulate a rigid way of explaining cognitive coercion (though not succeeded so far), the use of discourse to force others—through intimidation, fear, subjugation—into accepting specific opinions and beliefs.I have also argued that Russian political discourse has lost substantive meaning, with a violent disconnect between word and meaning.Thanks for reading The Lvivski Substack! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.<form class="subsc
What Next? (opens the original)
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The war on Ukraine is headline news again in the UK.The Russian Embassy in London has posted a statement accusing the UK of supplying drones to Ukraine for strikes ‘deep inside Russian territory’. The message is emotive—almost certainly deliberately so—and claims that the UK is acting ‘as an accomplice and co-perpetrator of the bloody crimes and terrorist attacks committed by Ukrainian neo-Nazis’. It warns that London’s actions ‘will inevitably carry consequences’.<a class="image-link image2 is-
Tightening the Screws? (opens the original)
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Russian Internet users reported mass outages across the country on 6 August. Websites would not load, including those providing official and other essential services: state portals, Gosuslugi, Russian Post, Russian Railways, banks (including MTS, VTB, Gazprombank, Sberbank, as well as marketplaces Wildberries and Ozon.In addition, authorities have reportedly conducted a new wave of attacks on VPN usage in the country,
This Is Fine (opens the original)
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This will only be a short review, focusing for ease on Russian President Vladimir Putin’s meeting with his Kazakhstani counterpart Kassym-Jomart Tokayev at the Russia-Kazakhstan Interregional Cooperation Forum in Omsk.The forum was primarily set to discuss Russia-Kazakhstani economic cooperation, though Tokayev caused controversy when he turned to the war on Ukraine.This seemed a bizarre offtopik, given the focus on economic issues.Thanks for reading The Lvivski Substack! Subscrib
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