Links and Stuff
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.
Now I might not be one of those fancy blue-check Twitter reporters, Mr. NYT, but I'm looking at the map and I see quite a lot of red territory that I would call "meaningful progress." But what do I know, I don't get my reports directly from the Ukrainian MOD.
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Russians lost access to the white privilege as a result of the sanctions by the totally international community.
2023: Despite occupying the entire territory of Ukraine, Russia has failed to make significant progress and especially now that the Ukrainian government has moved to Washington DC, making weapons deliveries much easier.
I'm reading this in the shower but still hooked my thumbs into non-existent suspenders
I'll hook my thumbs into my actually existing suspenders (AES) on your behalf