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.
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.
It’s interesting watching western media, which thrives on and requires fast-paced, big events to function, losing its shit as the war grinds on. The imagination of the average journalist is very hyperactive, and they jump at their own shadows.
The reports from the front are just like “Russia reports that they took these three villages… DPR continues fighting back Ukraine in this stronghold… Kadyrov applauds the bravery of the troops… X tons of humanitarian aid is delivered to Ukraine… today, Y Ukrainian soldiers were killed… Z refugees from Ukraine were taken in…”
Whereas the western media is like “Why PUTIN the DANGEROUS INSANE WAR CRIMINAL is LOSING THE WAR and will NEVER LIVE THIS DOWN and will probably BE COUPED! The DERANGED MADMAN is being kept IN THE DARK by his own scared advisors! UKRAINE CANNOT LOSE and is EPICALLY HUMILIATING RUSSIA in their fight for FREEDOM AND DEMOCRACY! 86 RUSSIAN GENERALS were UTTERLY SLAUGHTERED today due to ABSOLUTE INCOMPETENCE. Putin must be getting DESPERATE and will announce MASS MOBILIZATION OF THE ENTIRE RUSSIAN MALE POPULATION in approximately FIFTY-THREE MINUTES! Even though Ukraine is OBVIOUSLY WINNING because RUSSIAN LOGISTICS are SO LACKLUSTER and are using SMOKE SIGNALS TO COMMUNICATE and their PLANES CAN’T EVEN FLY and their TANKS ARE OLD AND RUSTY also they’re all DESTROYED and they forgot to put FUEL IN THEIR GAS TANKS because they’re all STUPID CONSCRIPTS, we must continue to give Ukraine our ARSENALS OF DEMOCRACY to resist and give them 33 BILLION DOLLARS. It’s Ukraine’s FINEST HOUR and Zelensky should be made PRESIDENT OF THE WORLD because of how EPIC AND COOL he is.”
It would be exhausting if it wasn’t so entertaining. They’re all off in some idealistic fantasy land.
