Ukraine: Unsubstantiated rumours and speculation

[Elpenor]

Send for Brian “Superstars” Jacks

 

[Supine]

File this under #brave #stupid

 

[Supine]

Its Greta Thunberg’s fault apparently!

 

[hitmouse]

As rumours and speculation go:

‘Chaos’ at Heathrow after British Airways cancels all short-haul flights

Hundreds of people queued outside Heathrow’s T5 on Saturday as a technical issue grounded BA flights

www.theguardian.com

Travellers were left frustrated after British Airways cancelled all short-haul Heathrow flights on Saturday morning owing to technical problems.

The cancellations were unrelated to cyber-attacks and involved hardware issues, the company said.

What do people reckon? Just happens to be an innocent technical problem, or something a bit more ?

 

[eatmorecheese]

Its Greta Thunberg’s fault apparently!

I need a 'wanker' emoji

 

[RileyOBlimey]

As rumours and speculation go:

‘Chaos’ at Heathrow after British Airways cancels all short-haul flights

Hundreds of people queued outside Heathrow’s T5 on Saturday as a technical issue grounded BA flights

www.theguardian.com

What do people reckon? Just happens to be an innocent technical problem, or something a bit more ?

It was this story that instigated this thread

It was a technical fuck up, that’s all.

 

[mx wcfc]

I hope this is true!

 

[DaveCinzano]

'Go fuck yourself' and 'Fuck you' don't really resonate with the portentous erudition of yer traditional warrior poets, but they're definitely getting traction

Georgian oil tanker refuses to refuel Russian ship: 'You have oars — row'

Voice Of America reporter Fatima Tils posted a video showing a Georgian oil tanker refusing to help refuel Russian ships. According to the video, the Russian ship asked to be refueled, begging, "Come on, let's leave politics aside." The Georgian ship refused, echoing the military message from...

www.rawstory.com

 

[RileyOBlimey]

 

[Rimbaud]

Some very unsubstantiated hearsay that I nevertheless thought I'd share.

My dad, who is organising some school exchanges with an American school in Washington, was talking to one of the teachers there about it. The teacher said that one of her students, whose dad works for some intelligence agency or something, said that they believe Putin has spent the last couple of years in isolation brooding about reviving Russian greatness and has basically gone mad.

I only post it because it seemed to fit what Rubio said so may be something to it, but hardly seems worth posting on the main thread.

 

[bluescreen]

Some very unsubstantiated hearsay that I nevertheless thought I'd share.

My dad, who is organising some school exchanges with an American school in Washington, was talking to one of the teachers there about it. The teacher said that one of her students, whose dad works for some intelligence agency or something, said that they believe Putin has spent the last couple of years in isolation brooding about reviving Russian greatness and has basically gone mad.

I only post it because it seemed to fit what Rubio said so may be something to it, but hardly seems worth posting on the main thread.

That 'reviving Russian greatness' thing is evidenced by the state media articles that were pulled, referenced in the Bellingcat exec's Twitter thread I posted last night on the main invasion thread.

 

[NoXion]

Some very unsubstantiated hearsay that I nevertheless thought I'd share.

My dad, who is organising some school exchanges with an American school in Washington, was talking to one of the teachers there about it. The teacher said that one of her students, whose dad works for some intelligence agency or something, said that they believe Putin has spent the last couple of years in isolation brooding about reviving Russian greatness and has basically gone mad.

I only post it because it seemed to fit what Rubio said so may be something to it, but hardly seems worth posting on the main thread.

It would be a great irony if it turns out that the Russian Troll-Wrangler-in-Chief himself has become caught up in his own solipsistic echo chamber. Talk about living and dying by the sword.

 

[bimble]

i have 2 bank accounts, one at nationwide building society and one at barclays, just tried to access either online to pay something and neither are working did Putin do this?

 

[strung out]

i have 2 bank accounts, one at nationwide building society and one at barclays, just tried to access either online to pay something and neither are working did Putin do this?

I don't think he uses Nationwide or Barclays.

 

[bimble]

still not working. i think it is him.

U.S. banks prepare for cyber attacks after latest Russia sanctions

U.S. banks are preparing for retaliatory cyber attacks after Western nations slapped a raft of stringent sanctions on Russia for invading Ukraine, cyber experts and executives said.

www.reuters.com

ETA friend who works as fintech software engineer says yes it’s either putin’s fault or his own. But I can’t tell if he’s joking.

 

[The39thStep]

i have 2 bank accounts, one at nationwide building society and one at barclays, just tried to access either online to pay something and neither are working did Putin do this?

I just transferred some money from my UK bank to Portugal and no probs

 

[Hollis]

Folks. The war ISN'T happening.

 

[Magnus McGinty]

i have 2 bank accounts, one at nationwide building society and one at barclays, just tried to access either online to pay something and neither are working did Putin do this?

Barclays mobile app seems fine.

 

[Sue]

still not working. i think it is him.

U.S. banks prepare for cyber attacks after latest Russia sanctions

U.S. banks are preparing for retaliatory cyber attacks after Western nations slapped a raft of stringent sanctions on Russia for invading Ukraine, cyber experts and executives said.

www.reuters.com

ETA friend who works as fintech software engineer says yes it’s either putin’s fault or his own. But I can’t tell if he’s joking.

I think he's definitely joking.

 

[bimble]

Both still not working but friend has explained he thinks most likely a load of security people were working over the weekend to prevent issues and everyone else is now dealing with loose ends from that, so slightly balls-up preventative measures at those 2 websites.

 

[bluescreen]

This is sweet

 

[two sheds]

Apparently Sainsbury's has run out of diesel in Redruth

 

[The39thStep]

The strange tale of Bernie Gores

Hoax: CNN Reporter Bernie Gores Killed In Ukraine And Afghanistan

Is Bernie Gores Alive? CNN Bernie Gores supposedly was killed twice, once in Afghanistan and another time in Ukraine. Read everythng here.

celebkura.com

 

[RileyOBlimey]

 

[RileyOBlimey]

 

[The39thStep]

Reports suggesting that the Snake Island soldiers are alive ?

 

[Shechemite]

Huge if true?

 

[zahir]

Huge if true?

Yes, that's true.

eta:

 

[Artaxerxes]

 

[frogwoman]

Yes, that's true.

eta:

That'll go well