Silicon Bites - #25 - Weaponising Food and Energy to Destroy the Ukrainian Nation, Identity and Will

Edition No25 | 23-11-2023 As winter comes hard upon Ukraine, Russia is again weaponising energy as an instrument of war. Targeting civilian electricity and heating infrastructure is still a war crime, but that does not stop Russia. At the same time, evidence is emerging that Russia planned already in 2021 to use theft of grain as an instrument of war - weaponising starvation to overcome Ukrainian resistance. ~~~~~ SUPPORT THE CHANNEL: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtain https://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtain ~~~~~ The Moscow Times https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2023/11/20/russian-theft-of-ukrainian-grain-likely-a-war-crime-legal-analysis-says-a83147 https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2023/11/20/anti-mobilization-protests-by-russian-soldiers-wives-and-mothers-quashed-a83159 https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2023/11/22/russian-actress-killed-while-performing-in-occupied-donetsk-a83177 https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2023/11/21/russian-satanist-jailed-for-ritual-murders-released-after-fighting-in-ukraine-a83172 Kyiv Independent https://kyivindependent.com/zelensky-marks-holiday-day-of-dignity-and-freedom-commemorating-euromaidan-revolution/ https://kyivindependent.com/how-ukrainian-identity-evolved-since-euromaidan/ https://kyivindependent.com/military-russia-dramatically-increasing-assaults-airstrikes-in-southern-front/ https://kyivindependent.com/border-guard-slovakia-temporarily-unblocks-checkpoint-at-slovakia-ukraine-border/ https://kyivindependent.com/despite-strong-russian-influence-bulgaria-to-provide-ukraine-with-arms/ https://kyivindependent.com/switzerland-approves-export-of-leopard-2-tanks-under-condition-they-are-not-sent-to-ukraine/ https://kyivindependent.com/harvard-historian-serhii-plokhy-the-better-we-prepare-for-the-long-war-the-sooner-it-will-end/ Other sources: https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-attacks-ukrainian-energy-system-60-times-ahead-winter-kyiv-2023-11-08/ https://euromaidanpress.com/2023/11/16/the-independent-russia-planned-to-starve-ukrainian-population-before-the-2022-invasion-evidence-finds/ https://texty.org.ua/projects/111159/#communism ~~~~~ USEFUL LINKS: Vatnik Soup https://twitter.com/P_Kallioniemi http://www.medbat.org.ua/en/ Real World News https://kyivindependent.com/ https://www.kyivpost.com/ https://english.nv.ua/ https://www.themoscowtimes.com/ https://meduza.io/en https://meduza.io/ https://novayagazeta.eu/ https://www.newsweek.com/topic/russia... Analysis https://www.ft.com/russia https://www.economist.com/ https://www.foreignaffairs.com/ https://cepa.org/ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/ https://www.theatlantic.com/search/?s... YouTube Channels / @timesradio1 / @khodorkovskyru / @popularpolitics / @macknack / @plushev / @tvrain / @fake_news / @feyginlive ~~~~~

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