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Se reporta la desaparición y posible secuestro de periodista chileno Gonzalo Lira López @realgonzalolira quien reporteaba la Guerra en Ucrania desde #Járkov [_link] #GonzaloLira #Ucronazis #SBU #Zelensky #Zelenski #VolodimirZelenski #VolodymrZelensky #Kharkov— Revista De Frente (@DeFrente_cl) April 18, 2022
Se reporta la desaparición y posible secuestro de periodista chileno Gonzalo Lira López @realgonzalolira quien reporteaba la Guerra en Ucrania desde #Járkov [_link] #GonzaloLira #Ucronazis #SBU #Zelensky #Zelenski #VolodimirZelenski #VolodymrZelensky #Kharkov
Gonzalo Lira - Chilean
"If you haven't heard from me in 12 hours or more, put my name on this list. GL" 'Sapere aude'
Lira's primary influencer ROLE, AFAICT, is confirming Mercouris and Christoforou presentiments--informed by MSM reporting, RU media articles, interpretive readings of select ministerial READOUTS, and site users' comments and Qs--from his virtual tower of solitude/loneliness (for a week or so, this topic pre-occupied his hosts' perception of distant combat). They not only encouraged him to espouse cargo cult knowledge and beliefs on any topic--typically, public figures (which inadvertantly revealed idiosyncratic sophistication)--they promoted his YouTube channel. One could hardly be concerned for his safety as he gave little to zeroo indication of danger in or around Khark*v until the BUCHA flag and RU withdrawal from suburban K**v.
While I have been greatly moved over the past 2 months by Lancaster's recorded reconn under shelling in several Donbas locales, I cannot recall Lira's interest in any or sympathy for the well-being of their plight.
I do recall Lira casually dropping his SBU detention prophecy into one of the mutual admiration portions of each program just before then--some five weeks ago. The topic his mental health evolved with his importance to Duran broadcast reach into manifest paranoia--real or imagined SBU surveillance, retreat to undisclosed housing arrangements, and 12-hr "wellness check". Last week he inexplicably promised to post a video-documented excursion to a grocery shop to display a range of local product inventory.
I listened to this guy Saturday, not Friday, morning You can too. Is Galloway's Sunday night OUT CRY to 1M fans of Lira's "disappearance" premature--a case of WiFi technical difficulty or a tribute to Peng Shuai self-censorship? Only time will tell if he finally managed to escape the cauldron with a script.
Incredible news from Kharkiv! Reports are that Chilean Russian spy @realGonzaloLira has been captured in #Kharkiv (Kharkov).He is (allegedly) a Russian saboteur posing as a "journalist," to destroy #Ukraine️.Congrats to Ukranian security services. #StandWithUkraine️— Sarah Ashton-Cirillo (@SarahAshtonLV) April 18, 2022
Incredible news from Kharkiv! Reports are that Chilean Russian spy @realGonzaloLira has been captured in #Kharkiv (Kharkov).He is (allegedly) a Russian saboteur posing as a "journalist," to destroy #Ukraine️.Congrats to Ukranian security services. #StandWithUkraine️
Here's Intel Slava Z - reposting what they have found out regarding Lira so far... If anyone knows where Gonzalo Lira is, please make a single bicep pose 7:21 AM April 18 2022
If anyone knows where Gonzalo Lira is, please make a single bicep pose 7:21 AM April 18 2022
Source @Anabel_Villeroy
Meet Azov Neo-Nazi Sergey Velichenko, call sign 'Chile', who allegedly kidnapped Gonzalo Lira, according to AFU 🇺🇦 /botsmanua. Сергей Олегович is said to be one of the authors of kneecapping Russian POWs. IG: chilli_1654 Telegram: chilli_1654
Сергей Олегович is said to be one of the authors of kneecapping Russian POWs.
IG: chilli_1654 Telegram: chilli_1654
Allegedly tracked down with support from on-line bloggers at Daily Beast ...
RIP Gonzalo 'Sapere aude'
Azov--unlike ISIL/ISIS/DAESH/al-Quaida-in-the-* whose PR savvy western press depended on to confirm or deny rumored atrocities--can scarcely be considered an authoritative source of facts from battle fields. First of all, western press can't agree that Azov militia operate independently of the UAF or how they are integrated in UAF command structure.
Why, just this morning, to commemorate the official start of NATO-designated "phase 2" of Russia's offensive in Donbas-Mariupol, CNN discovered that revnants of Azov brigade No. x, barricaded in the Azovstal plant for two months, had discovered women and children in the basement who inexplicably were not counted among POWs eligible for trade or evacuation.
Obviously, "degrees of atrocities" attributed to them--whether true or false--by unauthorized or uncredentialed reporters contradict NATO's confidence in UAF discipline, European values, and RFA's exclusive perpetration of war crimes. Which leaves "social media" operators ample opportunities either to discredit, valorize, manufacture, or monetize by sheer repitition an exemplary patriotic figure--general, warrior, journalist, artist, widowed and orphaned refugee--one "meme" of war to represent the obscurity of countless combat zones. Kherk*v, for example. What's been happening in this city, this region, those settlements, this weekend, this month, while voyeurs fretted that "chili" and Gonzalo might miss "the fall" of Mariupol?
trade marked with uncanny resemblance to vintage DailyKos GRAPHIC WARNING
@IronForge - 258 Thanks for the info though not happy to see it. I wrote that Lira was risking his life with his comments way back on March 6th and was surprised nothing happened sooner but it still remains awful to see play out. One of those in the picture is former Azov Commander Maksym Zhorin, seen here boasting that Azov do not forgive lies and slander, and here gloating over the executed remains of a pro-Russian mayor in the, overwhelmingly pro-Russian, region of Luhansk, i.e. the execution by outsiders of someone who almost certainly represented the will of his community. By itself this should be more than enough to open a criminal investigation against Zhorin in relation to Lira's disappearance but unless the Chilean, or another, government puts some pressure on people I won't expect anything to happen. Posted by: Brannagyn | Apr 19 2022 6:39 utc | 271
Thanks for the info though not happy to see it. I wrote that Lira was risking his life with his comments way back on March 6th and was surprised nothing happened sooner but it still remains awful to see play out.
One of those in the picture is former Azov Commander Maksym Zhorin, seen here boasting that Azov do not forgive lies and slander, and here gloating over the executed remains of a pro-Russian mayor in the, overwhelmingly pro-Russian, region of Luhansk, i.e. the execution by outsiders of someone who almost certainly represented the will of his community.
By itself this should be more than enough to open a criminal investigation against Zhorin in relation to Lira's disappearance but unless the Chilean, or another, government puts some pressure on people I won't expect anything to happen.
Posted by: Brannagyn | Apr 19 2022 6:39 utc | 271
повідомлення від Жорін з Азову Колаборанта Володимира Струка, мера Кремінної Луганської області знайшли вбитим! Зрадник, який так хотів «руского міра» ще в 2014му, таки розплатився за все. Мабуть, хотів і зараз здати місто окупантам, але не встиг. Отримав, що заслужив. @MaksymZhorin Translation: message from Jorin from Azov Collaborator Volodymyr Struk, mayor of Kreminna Luhansk region, was found dead! The traitor, who wanted the "Russian measure" back in 2014, paid for everything. Apparently, he still wanted to hand over the city to the occupiers, but did not have time. Got what he deserved. @MaksymZhorin 👊
Колаборанта Володимира Струка, мера Кремінної Луганської області знайшли вбитим! Зрадник, який так хотів «руского міра» ще в 2014му, таки розплатився за все.
Мабуть, хотів і зараз здати місто окупантам, але не встиг. Отримав, що заслужив.
@MaksymZhorin
Translation:
Collaborator Volodymyr Struk, mayor of Kreminna Luhansk region, was found dead! The traitor, who wanted the "Russian measure" back in 2014, paid for everything.
Apparently, he still wanted to hand over the city to the occupiers, but did not have time. Got what he deserved.
@MaksymZhorin 👊
Four mayors turned out to be traitors in the Luhansk region - the Head of the Regional Military Administration | PravdaUA | The mayor of Kreminna, Volodymyr Struk, was found dead with a gunshot wound to the heart on 2 March. According to his wife, he was abducted on 1 March by people in camouflage uniforms. At one time, he was the deputy from the "Party of Regions", supported Russia, was suspected of promoting the self-proclaimed "Luhansk People's Republic" group, but he won the 2020 elections. On 1 March, the Luhansk Regional Prosecutor's Office opened a criminal case for treason (Part 1 of Article 111 of the Criminal Code) against the head of the Markivka amalgamated territorial community and the head of the Milovka amalgamated territorial community. They are accused of having sided with Russia and helped the Russians to carry out subversive activities against Ukraine.
The mayor of Kreminna, Volodymyr Struk, was found dead with a gunshot wound to the heart on 2 March. According to his wife, he was abducted on 1 March by people in camouflage uniforms. At one time, he was the deputy from the "Party of Regions", supported Russia, was suspected of promoting the self-proclaimed "Luhansk People's Republic" group, but he won the 2020 elections.
On 1 March, the Luhansk Regional Prosecutor's Office opened a criminal case for treason (Part 1 of Article 111 of the Criminal Code) against the head of the Markivka amalgamated territorial community and the head of the Milovka amalgamated territorial community. They are accused of having sided with Russia and helped the Russians to carry out subversive activities against Ukraine.
After the Russian forces left Bucha, the National Guard imposed punishment on "collaborators" on a huge scale. 'Sapere aude'
ancient web vendetta: @Not-a-fan
< wipes tears >
That's quite a "hotel room" set up for a RU spy.
Brannagyn | Apr 21 2022 13:47 utc | 385
The account offers zero photographic or video proof of life, something that would be easy to do. it has also not reached out be email to Gonzalo's friends or family. All signs point to it being fake. 'Sapere aude'
I got to know Gonzalo Lira a little back in the post-Ron Paul days; at the time, he was a libertarian writer. We lost touch, and I wasn't aware, until this past month, that he had become some kind of manosphere eCeleb-cum-pro-Russian agitator. pic.twitter.com/y9b8sDWwlN— Richard 🇪🇺🇺🇦 Spencer (@RichardBSpencer) April 19, 2022
I got to know Gonzalo Lira a little back in the post-Ron Paul days; at the time, he was a libertarian writer. We lost touch, and I wasn't aware, until this past month, that he had become some kind of manosphere eCeleb-cum-pro-Russian agitator. pic.twitter.com/y9b8sDWwlN
Here pictured is the alleged murderer of Gonzalo Lira ... 'Sapere aude'
"Путин - Хуйло" - author of the hit "Putin - fuck off!" Released from custody to fight for Ukraine | Feb. 28, 2022 | Sergei Velichko, known as Chile, was in jail on suspicion of racketeering. ATO veterans are being released from detention centers. Some prisoners are being released from custody to take part in the defense of Ukraine. This was announced on February 28 by Prosecutor General Irina Venediktova. She also mentioned that the author of the song "Putin is a bastard!" This is a representative of the Kharkiv "National Corps" Sergei Velichko, a suspect in the racket, who was in jail. Each of the released has significant combat experience in the anti-terrorist operation zone in 2014-2015. All of them are ardent opponents of the "Russian world", and one is the author of a famous song by Ukrainian fans about the main aggressor.
Sergei Velichko, known as Chile, was in jail on suspicion of racketeering.
ATO veterans are being released from detention centers.
Some prisoners are being released from custody to take part in the defense of Ukraine. This was announced on February 28 by Prosecutor General Irina Venediktova. She also mentioned that the author of the song "Putin is a bastard!" This is a representative of the Kharkiv "National Corps" Sergei Velichko, a suspect in the racket, who was in jail.
Each of the released has significant combat experience in the anti-terrorist operation zone in 2014-2015. All of them are ardent opponents of the "Russian world", and one is the author of a famous song by Ukrainian fans about the main aggressor.
An update on the sensational video with the torture of captured Russian servicemen of the Russian Armed Forces was captured on March 25 on the eastern outskirts of Kharkov. People who shot at the feet of bound soldiers have been identified - fans of Kharkiv Metalist Sergei Velichko nicknamed Chile and Konstantin Nemichev[Костянтин Немічов].
Unfortunately NOT TRUE ...
Russian special forces capture Ukrainian torturers | PravdaRU - Mar 29, 2022 |
According to most recent reports, Ukrainian military Konstantin Nemichev and Sergei Velichko recorded a video message, in which they stated that they were still in Kharkov. They were not captured by the Russian special forces, they added.
These men lived for another murder or execution ... 'Sapere aude'
h/t MofA: Gonzalo Lira is alive
Disappeared on April 15th at 13:00 hrs ... arrested by the SBU ... his computer and phone have been confiscated. All social media messages are not his and all new accounts nether. 'Sapere aude'
International concern forced the Ukrainian Security Service to show that 🇨🇱/🇺🇸 reporter Gonzalo Lira, whom the nationalists detained on April 15, is aliveHowever, he doesn't have access to his 📱and 💻, gagged on what he can say publicly, and not allowed to leave Kharkov pic.twitter.com/zxqd7Iyjm9— Russian Mission in Geneva (@mission_russian) April 22, 2022
International concern forced the Ukrainian Security Service to show that 🇨🇱/🇺🇸 reporter Gonzalo Lira, whom the nationalists detained on April 15, is aliveHowever, he doesn't have access to his 📱and 💻, gagged on what he can say publicly, and not allowed to leave Kharkov pic.twitter.com/zxqd7Iyjm9
Indeed dual citizenship Chile and the US. 'Sapere aude'
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