August 29th's update is here! TLDR? Here's the summary.

August 30th's update is here! TLDR? Here's the summary.

August 31st's update is here! TLDR? Here's the summary.

No updates on Thursdays.

Alright, I guess it's fucking "SeventyTwoTrillion gets sick all the time" season. It isn't coronavirus again (would be super unlucky if it was, lmao) but I am getting headaches and other symptoms which are not optimal conditions for collecting articles and doing media analysis (AKA shouting at journalists).

Might be a 3-update week, we'll see if I feel any more functional tomorrow. Apologies for people who like the updates. I'll either be back tomorrow or on Monday.

No updates on Sundays. Updates will resume tomorrow, provided that the CIA doesn't point their illness gun at me again.

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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.

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.

Last week's discussion post.

        • jackmarxist [any]
          ·
          2 years ago

          They already get a discount from Russia and resell it to the west for profit.

          The west has been provoking China for like a month now with Taiwan. And for like a decade now in total.

          The west has always betrayed India and Ukraine is like the most anti India country in the UN while Russia( and by extension the Soviet Union) has been one of the most reliable Indian ally on the security Council.

          • AssortedBiscuits [they/them]
            ·
            2 years ago

            The west has always betrayed India and Ukraine is like the most anti India country in the UN while Russia( and by extension the Soviet Union) has been one of the most reliable Indian ally on the security Council.

            Ukraine after selling tanks to Pakistan for the umpteenth time: Why isn't India condemning the Russian invasion?

          • jackmarxist [any]
            ·
            2 years ago

            I wouldn't call it an "error". It would be one of the stupidest mistake the party makes in their history.

            Although considering the Hardliner faction is currently in the majority, they probably won't bow to the west.

            • SoyViking [he/him]
              ·
              2 years ago

              I don't think they will either. It is not in their interest to strengthen the US empire of to weaken Russia.