No update today.

Somebody commented during my small break last week that I should try and insert breaks in, say, a day or so every week or two weeks, which I think I will try and do - though they might be irregular (i.e. on different days).

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Examples of racism/euro-centrism during the Russia-Ukraine conflict

Add to the above list if you can, thank you.

Resources For Understanding The War Beyond The Bulletins

Defense Politics Asia's youtube channel and their map, who is an independent youtuber with a mostly neutral viewpoint.

Moon of Alabama, which tends to have good analysis (though also a couple bad takes here and there)

Understanding War and the Saker: neo-conservative sources but their reporting of the war (so far) seems to line up with reality better than most liberal sources.

Alexander Mercouris, who does daily videos on the conflict and, unlike most western analysts, has some degree of understanding on how war works. He is a reactionary, however.

On the ground: Patrick Lancaster, an independent journalist reporting in the Ukrainian warzones.

Unedited videos of Russian/Ukrainian press conferences and speeches.

Yesterday's discussion post.

  • Yanqui_UXO [any]
    ·
    2 years ago

    Mislav Kolakušić, Member of the European Parliament, Croatia:

    Dear colleagues, dear citizens. It is an incredible lie and hypocrisy that sanctions against Russia and a ban on Russian oil and gas are, in fact, sanctions against Russia and a ban on financing the war. The sanctions are indeed directed against half a billion citizens of the EU and against millions of citizens of the rest of Europe. If this were true, if we really wanted to prevent the financing of the war we would immediately impose the same sanctions on Saudi Arabia, which has been waging war in Yemen for several years. We would not import oil and gas from the US, which has been involved in more conflicts than any country in Europe and the world in recent decades. The only ones who will suffer are the citizens of the European Union. Let's stop making these crazy decisions, thank you.

    :joker-troll: :gigachad: