Posters of war at Vilnius station

[Oscar]

VILNIUS, March 25 (Reuters) - "Dear passengers of train no. 29, Moscow-Kaliningrad. Today, Putin is killing civilians in Ukraine. Do you support this?" an announcer repeats in Russian at Vilnius station while the service stops there.

Two dozen large pictures from the war in Ukraine, each with the same message, were put up on Friday morning on either side of the platform reserved for the Russian transit trains.

The trains, up to six per day, pause for around 10 minutes in Vilnius, capital of EU-member Lithuania, as they pass to and from Russia's Kaliningrad exclave - sandwiched between Lithuania and Poland - and cities such as Moscow and St Petersburg, via Belarus.

Vilnius station confronts Moscow-Kaliningrad train with images from war

"Dear passengers of train no. 29, Moscow-Kaliningrad. Today, Putin is killing civilians in Ukraine. Do you support this?" an announcer repeats in Russian at Vilnius station while the service stops there.

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The first article I read on this has more pictures: https://adevarul.ro/international/e...2KnTF9O1x6gj-akppso6AiTtgtDihnRM2ivt7r_tBsC_E

 

[duesselmartin]

The question is, how useful is that sort of poster? Most Russians would have either received the news they are suppose to receive or look for alternative sources online.
Those on Putin's side wont be convinced as Vilnius is the capital of an unfriendly nation.

 

[alex397]

The question is, how useful is that sort of poster? Most Russians would have either received the news they are suppose to receive or look for alternative sources online.
Those on Putin's side wont be convinced as Vilnius is the capital of an unfriendly nation.

I would say it is very useful.
Maybe younger generations of Russians who have access to social media have seen alternative messaging to the state media, but it appears many older generations have not. The only news they have seen has come from incredibly biased state news. It appears the majority of Russians only have a one sided view of this ‘special military operation’, simply because the true story has been largely suppressed.

The more alternative messages that Russians see the better.