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.

January 16th's update is here on the site and here in the comments.

January 17th's update is here on the site and here in the comments.

January 18th's update is here on the site and here in the comments.

January 20th's update is here on the site and here in the comments.

January 21st's update is here on the site and 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 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. 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 fairly brainworm-free and good if you don't want to follow Russian telegram channels to get news. The Duran, of which he co-hosts, is where the chuddery really begins to spill out.

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 ~ Now rebranded as Battlefield Insights, they do infrequent posts on the conflict.

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

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

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 ~ One of the really big pro-Russian (except when they're being pessismistic, which is often) telegram channels focussing on the war. 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. 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

Any Western media outlet that is even vaguely liberal (and quite a few conservative ones too).

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.


  • SeventyTwoTrillion [he/him]
    hexagon
    ·
    2 years ago

    Wtf are these tanks for then?

    Oh, just you wait what the American police forces will be able to do to protestors with these once the reservoirs dry up and the wars start!

      • Coolkidbozzy [he/him]
        ·
        2 years ago

        this is what the highway system was built for

        I forget, are modern tanks too heavy for american roads?

        • 420stalin69
          ·
          2 years ago

          “The Abrams M1A2 SEPv3 upgrades introduce suitability concerns,” the report notes. “Weight growth limits the tank’s tactical transportability. The M1A2 SEPv3 is not transportable by current recovery vehicles, tactical bridges or heavy equipment transporters.”

          https://archive.vn/fPXX9

          It's sputniknews so not exactly an unbiased source but they're quoting from US mil studies for the lolz.

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

            No, it's a famous thing that the only reason that Trump never had a proper military parade is because Abrams cannot actually drive through D.C. because of how heavy they are, they would tear up the road too much (which is not good if your tank is part of a larger convoy), so they had to be put on trailers and wheeled through the city. And what we are finding out is armor matters dick, if your tank can't maneuver efficiently, there is very little point in modern positional armies, you'll get hit with a drone, artillery, or special forces unit. Fortunately for them, javelins are not super common outside of the U.S. so those tanks will likely rule the flat parts of the Midwest, but trying to get one out to a swampy area would be a nightmare.

            • mkultrawide [any]
              ·
              2 years ago

              Anti-tank missiles? I plan on using a Chinese quadcopter to drop a coffee can filled with thermite onto the Abrams during the revolution

              • ElChapoDeChapo [he/him, comrade/them]
                ·
                edit-2
                2 years ago

                I plan on stealing one of thos things, just break into the cockpit, pull the pigs out and run them over with their own tank

                Then paint it red

                OK, maybe I've been watching too much Gurren Lagann :thinkin-lenin: