VIDEO + HAPPY HOUR WITH MARTY REMINDER
Bette Members: Please see enclosed video from our recent event with analyst/journalist Adam Sybera + a reminder to register for today’s Happy Hour with ex-fed Martin Sheil at noon PT
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First, please remember to register for today’s Happy Hour with Martin Sheil, which begins in less than two hours. You will find the registration link FOR TODAY’S EVENT in this post:
Secondly, below the paywall you will find the video from our recent event with Adam Sybera.
“Kremlin does not need us to believe them, they need us to not believe each other.”—Adam Sybera
Sybera, an analyst/journalist, who is bringing us news from Kharkiv, as well as other cities under siege, taught our community so much and one big takeaway for me is we need to start treating our democracy as sacred. Putin attacks global democratic nations, because he can’t have his own people seeing that democracies work. So it’s our duty to stop allowing ourselves to be so weakened.
In addition, a quick reminder of our fundraiser for the Ukrainian drone crew that goes by the name Peaky Blinders, after the brilliant British period crime drama set after WWI. Join the Bette Dangerous family in helping raise $500 to repair damaged drones.
According to Sybera:
A special unit of the National Guard of Ukraine "Omega" known as “Peaky blinders” focuses on drone warfare.
They participated in the Battle of Bakhmut, where they gained battle experience and incredible improvisation skills utilizing all kind of drones they can their hands on.
Now they are deployed in Lyptsi above Kharkiv, repelling the new russian offensive. Their kamikaze drones are a nightmare to the occupants, capable of destroying armored vehicles cheaply.
They also utilize basic Mavics for scouting as well as adjusting various drones to drop grenades on infantry. Also, since the Russians are big in numbers, they need drones with thermal vision so they can operate at night, where the number advantage diminishes. Essentially, the mavics (both thermal and regular) are “eyes in the sky” locating the enemy and navigating kamikaze drones - which can be very basic quadricopters with an easily made explosive attached to them.
If you can help make a small donation, we are crowdfunding via PayPal. Here is the email address to use when making a PayPal donation: fysun.artem@gmail.com
The Bette community has come together to pay for a new phone and tablet for a Ukrainian volunteer in Kherson after his home burned, as well as helped finance a documentary film about the destruction of Kherson. In addition, this community has committed to helping such states as Ohio and Tennessee in their efforts to thwart hard-right extremism, and I so proud of our accomplishments.
In his TEDx Talk, you’ll find Sybera use the words — ‘mental invasion’ — and that really stood out to me. There is he is in Ukraine documenting war crime after war crime by the Russian invaders, and yet, he says “some of the most insidious attacks” are on our perception of reality by Putin’s regime.
“Some of the most insidious attacks come from the deliberate disinformation campaigns of the Kremlin into which Russia invests over $1.9 billion dollars annually.”—Adam Sybera
“Building civil resilience is the best way to counter foreign interference and hateful propaganda.”—Adam Sybera
More about Adam Sybera here:
Adam Sybera is a senior research analyst at KI Insights, and also works for the Kyiv Independent and Maidan Monitoring. He studied Common Law at the University of London and is from the Czech Republic. He has spent the last two years living in Ukraine, documenting war crimes and specializing in information warfare.
Keep scrolling for the video link, and hope to many of you in the squares today!
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