His biggest mistake was live tweeting the fact that he was skipping town and fleeing to Hungary.
His tweets blew up and started to get a lot of attention, so in effect he was pretty much telling anyone who was watching (including Ukrainian authorities) what he was doing and where he was going.
All Ukrainian border guards had to do was simply wait for his expected arrival. I'm sorry man, but that was a VERY stupid move on his part.
Note to everyone reading this... if you ever have to escape or flee a situation, you should probably think twice about live tweeting the whole thing, including when you left and where you are going.
That thought definitely crossed my mind yesterday when I saw his tweets and Facebook posts.
My theory is that he was pretty sure he would be stopped at the border and returned to the fascists but there was a tiny chance that because they had returned his passports etc they wanted rid of him. I think that the communications were more to his family and friends rather than the wider public because he knew deep down that this was probably his one and only chance to let them know what was going on.
Agreed. He should've lied about his location or hunkered down somewhere for a few days before crossing.
I imagine he wanted to keep his bike, but personally I would've made the journey on foot away from major roadways. Lira mentioned motion detectors & cameras, but I just don't see those being utilized on the entire length of the border....
His biggest mistake was live tweeting the fact that he was skipping town and fleeing to Hungary.
His tweets blew up and started to get a lot of attention, so in effect he was pretty much telling anyone who was watching (including Ukrainian authorities) what he was doing and where he was going.
All Ukrainian border guards had to do was simply wait for his expected arrival. I'm sorry man, but that was a VERY stupid move on his part.
Note to everyone reading this... if you ever have to escape or flee a situation, you should probably think twice about live tweeting the whole thing, including when you left and where you are going.
That thought definitely crossed my mind yesterday when I saw his tweets and Facebook posts.
My theory is that he was pretty sure he would be stopped at the border and returned to the fascists but there was a tiny chance that because they had returned his passports etc they wanted rid of him. I think that the communications were more to his family and friends rather than the wider public because he knew deep down that this was probably his one and only chance to let them know what was going on.
In that case, I would wait until I was 5 minutes from the border, tweet my ass off and lay it all down on X, and then attempt to cross.
There would be no way the Ukrainian officials would see those tweets in time and be able to set up a net to catch him.
Agreed. He should've lied about his location or hunkered down somewhere for a few days before crossing.
I imagine he wanted to keep his bike, but personally I would've made the journey on foot away from major roadways. Lira mentioned motion detectors & cameras, but I just don't see those being utilized on the entire length of the border....