Russia's Path to Attack in Ukraine, Through TikToks and Satellite Images | WSJ Video Investigation

A WSJ investigation reveals Russian troops and military equipment moved out of large visible garrisons in Russia and dispersed into smaller, harder-to-track units along the northeastern border of Ukraine before invasion.

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[stefanoraffo]

Tik tok, the place where you find white girls dancing and internationally relevant military inteligence on military mobilization. I love our timeline so much

[oversizedpolygon]

I didn't know TikTok will be a source of military intelligence

[clausbohm]

What a time we are living in as we can watch on TV how an enemy is moving their troops right before they attack another country ... So much for the fog of war.

[BroAnarchy]

... "a new field hospital added....
Suggesting possible casualties to come..."

That, right there, was the scariest part of this video for

[JohnWayne]

With all the problems in the world, it's beyond me that waging war is even in someone right mind.. smh

[treelonmusk]

I would never expect to see tiktok and satellite imaging in the same sentence covering a war

[Batchelli]

I love how social media can be used for military intelligence gathering now. A large army like Russia's can't move 1 mile without being spotted.

[NoOne-rgtt]

Never in my life would I imagine TikTok and invasion as a click bait.

[bonfire]

When you thought 2020 and 2021 was bad

[SuperAngelic]

The only thing necessary for evil to triumph is for good people to do nothing.

[Balance-of-power]

This is horrible, My heart goes out to the civilians.

[kangarookids]

This is a horribly destabilizing event, with scary unintended consequences.

[shubchatt]

The fear has come true. Military operations in Ukraine have begun. My prayers for people there. God bless..

[tugful]

I am from Ukraine and i am not afraid. We ready.

[BigDaddyCane]

I'm beginning to think Vladimir Putin hasn't been entirely truthful about his intentions.

[ratchet]

You don't add that many field hospitals unless it's serious

[nicolascuervo]

In 2075: Welcome guys to a lecture on World War III, we are going to be talking about the timeline and the pre-preparation for the war. First, a key point in our timeline is Tiktok. Tiktok was a dancing app popularized around the world and also showed confidential videos of Russian troops moving their heavy equipment towards Ukraine's borders. Tiktok is the main point of this lecture.

[sowhat]

"Russian 2S19 designed to shoot shells long distances." It's called Artillery WSJ! As a former Redleg, I couldn't be more disappointed.

[secondchance]

"What is absurd and monstrous about war is that men who have no personal quarrel should be trained to murder one another in cold blood." - Aldous Huxley

[jonathanxdoe]

Well guys it was nice not knowing you, let's avoid each other in the next life as well.