Staging Deaths

I heard the explosions. I was on the scene within minutes of them occurring. I saw what the Russian bridge trolls told me was the blood of those injured. Yet, it could also be another substance. It was blackberry season. Tonnes of blackberries were being conveyed by porters across the bridge from government-controlled Ukraine to the Russia-occupied part of the country.

So, I have first-hand experience of how Russia may stage deaths and injuries to trigger a response. Yet, in a free society like Ukraine, even if there was some evidence that the Ukrainian authorities wanted to stage such “provocations,” given what I know about Ukraine, it strikes me as highly unlikely such a staged death could be pulled off.

Source: Incoming Troll Radar!

First-hand testimony from the bridge. The author heard the explosions, saw the “blood” — which could have been blackberry juice, in season at the time. Russia stages deaths and injuries to trigger responses, creating spectacle content from manufactured provocations. This is not theory but lived experience of spectacle production at its most cynical.

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