It's getting hard for governments to lie
https://news.vice.com/video/selfie-soldiers-russia-checks-in-to-ukraine
Russia's Putin insists that there are no Russian troops fighting in Ukraine. But he hasn't been able to keep his own soldiers from disproving this lie.
When so much information from so many sources is available at everyone's fingertips, all it takes is for somebody to put the pieces together.
"As the conflict in Ukraine continues, so too does Russian President Vladimir Putin's denial of any Russian involvement. But a recent report from think tank the Atlantic Council used open source information and social media to find evidence of Russian troops across the border.
Using the Atlantic Council's methodology, VICE News correspondent Simon Ostrovsky follows the digital and literal footprints of one Russian soldier, tracking him from eastern Ukraine to Siberia, to prove that Russian soldiers are fighting in Ukraine."
Russia's Putin insists that there are no Russian troops fighting in Ukraine. But he hasn't been able to keep his own soldiers from disproving this lie.
When so much information from so many sources is available at everyone's fingertips, all it takes is for somebody to put the pieces together.
"As the conflict in Ukraine continues, so too does Russian President Vladimir Putin's denial of any Russian involvement. But a recent report from think tank the Atlantic Council used open source information and social media to find evidence of Russian troops across the border.
Using the Atlantic Council's methodology, VICE News correspondent Simon Ostrovsky follows the digital and literal footprints of one Russian soldier, tracking him from eastern Ukraine to Siberia, to prove that Russian soldiers are fighting in Ukraine."
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