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.
Telegram Channels
Again, CW for anti-LGBT and racist, sexist, etc speech, as well as combat footage.
Pro-Russian
https://t.me/aleksandr_skif ~ DPR's former Defense Minister and Colonel in the DPR's forces. Russian language.
https://t.me/Slavyangrad ~ Gleb Bazov, banned from Twitter, referenced pretty heavily in what remains of pro-Russian Twitter.
https://t.me/asbmil ~ ASB Military News, banned from Twitter.
https://t.me/s/levigodman ~ Does daily update posts.
https://t.me/patricklancasternewstoday Patrick Lancaster - crowd-funded U.S journalist, mostly pro-Russian, works on the ground near warzones to report news and talk to locals.
https://t.me/riafan_everywhere ~ Think it's a government news org or Federal News Agency? Russian language.
https://t.me/gonzowarr ~ Front news coverage. Russian langauge.
https://t.me/rybar ~ Russian language.
https://t.me/epoddubny ~ Russian language.
https://t.me/boris_rozhin ~ Russian language.
https://t.me/mod_russia_en ~ Russian Ministry of Defense.
https://t.me/UkraineHumanRightsAbuses ~ Pro-Russian, documents abuses that Ukraine commits.
Pro-Ukraine
With the entire western media sphere being overwhelming pro-Ukraine already, you shouldn't really need more, but:
https://discord.gg/projectowl ~ Pro-Ukrainian OSINT Discord.
https://t.me/ice_inii ~ Alleged Ukrainian account with a rather cynical take on the entire thing.
Yesterday's discussion post.
I'm doing this with an ear infection, which kinda sucks. Apologies for any mistakes or weird formatting.
Summary:
News:
Some European factories are closing. European gas prices soar to record highs after Russia cuts off some gas in the Nord Stream pipeline, as well as some gas to Italy due to anti-Italian racism. Europe can't really explain how all this substitution of gas resources helps the climate. The desperation of people in Europe is making them now favour peace as soon as possible, rather than Ukraine getting all its territory back. In the Baltic States, they apparently want a lot more NATO support, but NATO is being spread too thin right now, going off to the Arctic, fighting Islamic insurgencies, and going to space, which is odd for a defensive alliance. The ex-mayor of Russian-controlled Melitopol says that parts of France should be ceded to Putin rather than parts of Ukraine, given Macron's previous comments. Russia causes $4.3 billion in agricultural damage to Ukraine. Ukraine does Orwellian 1984 Chinese social credit but now it's obviously good if they do it. Ukraine intends to take Russia to court for environmental damage. Ukraine needs an extra $5 billion per month - I'll get the GoFundMe up. Ikea officially leaves Russia due to supply chain issues. It turns out that people in Moscow are basically fine economically, and have faced less dramatic changes than Americans have faced. Russia's Foreign Ministry says that the West has shot itself in the head. Navalny is moved to an infamously bad maximum security prison. Germany's steelworkers win their highest pay rise in 30 years, at a 6.5% increase. The EU sues the UK due to them fucking up the Northern Ireland brexit thing. In return, the UK says they might leave the EU Human Rights Court after they were stopped from flying migrants to Rwanda, potentially following Russia's exit from the court. Old people retiring is apparently a serious threat to the UK economy, which is how you know it's stable and good.
Laos says that they can guarantee a fuel supply for three more months. China's BRI is very helpful in Cambodia. Australia wants to nearly half their carbon emissions by the end of the decade, while the coldest start to a winter in decades hits the country. China rejects the label of "major emitter".
Jacobin posts an article/transcript detailing the changing strategies by the American Empire in the Middle East. Suffering is at extreme levels in Palestine, while the US asks Israel to please cut back on the blatant oppression while Biden is visiting, and they can keep doing it afterwards. Pakistan is being fucked over by the IMF. Iran is making more friends in the region. The UAE is banning the export of the Indian wheat it's bought. Turkey hasn't seen anything concrete from Sweden or Finland yet. The Saudi embassy in Washington is now on 'Jamal Khashoggi Way', thus holding MBS accountable.
Libya's oil output is being screwed by political instabilities at a very bad time. South Africa says they might buy Russian oil. Tunisia has a 1-day general strike today. Zambia is also being screwed by the IMF.
The Fed increases interest rates by 0.75%, the largest increase since the 1990s. There might be a recession. There won't be a recession. There will be a recession. There won't be a recession. There will be a recession. There will be a recession. Millennial millionaires says there won't be a recession. Biden writes a polite letter to the oil companies, yelling at them for not doing more to bring down prices for American consumers, while wondering where the hell President Obama is and why he isn't doing anything about this either. Monthly car payments hit a record high of $712 in May, while US prison slaves produce $11 billion worth of goods and services for no real payment. Spy agencies could snare innocent Chinese Americans. It turns out that Biden vaguely saying they'd stop supporting Saudi Arabia in Yemen didn't actually mean anything. Starbucks threatens to take away trans-inclusive health benefits from unionizing shops.
Argentina wants $6 billion in hydrogen energy investment.
Surging wheat prices cause noodle eaters to despair.
Conflict and Climate:
The head of the DPR states that "it is necessary to liberate all Russian cities" when asked if Odessa will be taken; the DPR will hold a referendum on joining Russia after the war; and the DPR will continue past the borders of Donetsk oblast and not stop just because their oblast is liberated. Syria recognizes the DPR and LPR, giving them the Assad Blessing. American electronics are in Russian military gear and the FBI is unhappy about that. Two US veterans in Ukraine have gone missing in Ukraine. The US sends $1 billion in military aid to Ukraine. Russia destroys a NATO depot in Lviv. US general Mark Milley says that the situation in Ukraine favors the Russians. Russia reportedly attacks in Lugansk region in nine separate directions. NATO is becoming increasingly divided over how much military equipment to send to Ukraine. If Ukraine's military wishlist was actually completed, then it would take large amounts of the US's current arsenal.
The Arctic ocean is heating up even faster than previously thought. Canadian Dimension posts an article on how privatization cannot save us from climate change. China confirms the presence of water in certain Moon rocks.
Dipshittery, Good Takes, and Hope:
The Guardian thinks that the lesson of Melechon is that we need less socialism and more social democracy. Ukraine corruption is not actually that bad, at least compared to Russia, says Al Jazeera. Bloomberg suggests that Putin is withholding the grain on purpose, and not because there's a fucking minefield in front of Ukraine's ports. An Egyptian billionaire says that Putin is Hitler. Zelensky says that Russia wants to invade eastern Europe after Ukraine. Putler must have learned his lesson after his epic defeat at Kyiv. The US is overestimating Russia's military might but underestimating China's. The US says that China's support for Russia puts it on the wrong side of history.
A great article by Popular Resistance on how a multipolar world is defined by class struggle, and is being spearheaded by Russia and China against the US. An article by RT showcasing the complete fucking delusion of Fukuyama. An article by Multipolarista on Serbia, the original color revolution.
China says that they'll continue to support Russia on security, on Xi's birthday.