Map of Russian fortification lines on the Zaporozhye front.

The counteroffensive has begun, after a series of failed Ukrainian attacks in the preceding few days. The axis of attack does appear to be towards Tokmak, which is also the strongest part of the Russian defensive line.

From the late night of June 7th/very early morning of June 8th onwards, Ukraine has been sending waves of forces in to attack Russian defense lines. Ukrainian air defense is barely active if at all, with Russian aviation able to freely attack Ukrainian columns going through minefields. We've seen potential glances of Leopards and various western armored vehicles. Russian morale seems high so far.

Here is the map of the Ukraine conflict, courtesy of Wikipedia.

Here is the archive of important pieces of analysis from throughout the war that we've collected.

This week's first update is here in the comments.

This week's second update is here in the comments.

This week's third update is here in the comments.

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Examples of Ukrainian Nazis and fascists

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. I recommend their map more than the channel at this point, as an increasing subscriber count has greatly diminished their quality.

Moon of Alabama, which tends to have decent analysis. Avoid the comment section.

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. Beware of chuddery.

Alexander Mercouris, who does daily videos on the conflict. While he is a reactionary and surrounds himself with likeminded people, his daily update videos are relatively brainworm-free and good if you don't want to follow Russian telegram channels to get news. He also co-hosts The Duran, which is more explicitly conservative, racist, sexist, transphobic, anti-communist, etc when guests are invited on, but is just about tolerable when it's just the two of them if you want a little more analysis.

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

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 ~ A few different pro-Russian people gather frequent content for this channel (~100 posts per day), some socialist (but still quite reactionary in terms of gender and sexuality and race, so beware). If you can only tolerate using one Russian telegram channel, I would recommend this one.

https://t.me/s/levigodman ~ Does daily update posts.

https://t.me/patricklancasternewstoday ~ Patrick Lancaster's telegram channel.

https://t.me/gonzowarr ~ Another big Russian commentator.

https://t.me/rybar ~ One of, if not the, biggest Russian telegram channels focussing on the war out there. Actually quite balanced, maybe even pessimistic about Russia's army.

https://t.me/epoddubny ~ Russian language.

https://t.me/boris_rozhin ~ Russian language.

https://t.me/mod_russia_en ~ Russian Ministry of Defense. Does daily, if rather bland updates on the number of Ukrainians killed, etc. The figures appear to be approximately accurate; if you want, reduce all numbers by 25% as a 'propaganda tax', if you don't believe them. Does not cover everything, for obvious reasons, and virtually never details Russian losses.

https://t.me/UkraineHumanRightsAbuses ~ Pro-Russian, documents abuses that Ukraine commits.

Pro-Ukraine

Almost every Western media outlet.

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.

    • MoreAmphibians [none/use name]
      ·
      2 years ago

      I can't believe we're still repeating this sort of Russian Disinformation here. We've already done an interview with a solider with the callsign "Adolf" from the SS (Spartan Storm) brigade about this sort of propaganda and he's dismissed the allegations as "a bunch of Jewish lies".

        • SorosFootSoldier [he/him, they/them]
          ·
          2 years ago

          Anglos: :asagiri: please stop doing nazi shit we're trying to launder your image as heckin' wholesome patriotinos!

          :ukkkraine: : :blob-no-thoughts:

        • AbbysMuscles [she/her]
          ·
          2 years ago

          Lol remember when Colbert told Bush that "reality had a known liberal bias"?

      • emizeko [they/them]
        ·
        2 years ago

        already done an interview with a solider with the callsign “Adolf” from the SS (Spartan Storm) brigade

        lol I remember when that part actually happened

    • SeventyTwoTrillion [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      This article deserves to be frozen until the end of time. it should be preserved as an example of the utter absurdity of the propaganda of the terminal phase of the American Empire. an image of this article should be a well-studied example by schoolchildren two hundred years from now when they're studying what happened in the final phase of capitalism before humanity ascended to socialism. they will ask their great grandparents about what they remember about their great grandparents and if they actually believed in this stuff, and they will have to sigh and say "...yes, they did, and even in the nursing home they were ranting about that Russian leader, I forget his name. I mostly ignored them."

      • mkultrawide [any]
        ·
        2 years ago

        and they will have to sigh and say "...yes, they did, and even in the nursing home they were ranting about that Russian leader, I forget his name. I mostly ignored them."

        This does not match my experience with the US War in Iraq.

      • CarmineCatboy [he/him]
        ·
        2 years ago

        This article deserves to be frozen until the end of time. it should be preserved as an example of the utter absurdity of the propaganda of the terminal phase of the American Empire.

        way ahead of you

    • MoreAmphibians [none/use name]
      ·
      2 years ago

      Some choice quotes

      The iconography of these groups, including a skull-and-crossbones patch worn by concentration camp guards and a symbol known as the Black Sun, now appears with some regularity on the uniforms of soldiers fighting on the front line, including soldiers who say the imagery symbolizes Ukrainian sovereignty and pride, not Nazism.

      In November, during a meeting with Times reporters near the front line, a Ukrainian press officer wore a Totenkopf variation made by a company called R3ICH (pronounced “Reich”). He said he did not believe the patch was affiliated with the Nazis. A second press officer present said other journalists had asked soldiers to remove the patch before taking photographs.

      Hey NYT, do you want to ask some questions? Maybe do some journalism? Give some context on R3ICH and their association with those shirts that Zelensky is always wearing?

      • SacredExcrement [any, comrade/them]
        ·
        2 years ago

        Ah yes, brave checks notes concentration camp guards, known for heroically fighting on the front lines

        R3ICH

        Now they're just gloating

        • MoreAmphibians [none/use name]
          ·
          2 years ago

          You might be interested in this article.

          https://mossrobeson.medium.com/zelensky-branded-by-fascists-94a996d63193

          • SacredExcrement [any, comrade/them]
            ·
            2 years ago

            That is...VERY egregious

            That's what, like 4 brands under that one company that offer skinhead trash? Wonder how many total clothing lines there have Nazi offerings

    • Staines [they/them]
      ·
      2 years ago

      Some fantastic mental gymnastics all through the article and comments.

      Terminate all presstitutes with extreme prejudice. No possibility of reeducation.