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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's hard to understand how the war is going for Ukraine. Different news outlets seem to report inconsistent reports. I thought Ukraine was pushing back then yesterday there was a report saying now Russia has control of 1/5 of Ukraine. For those of you following the war, what is your take? [/quote]

The only thing you can rely on in reporting on the war is that the fog of it has been exceptionally thick on all three sides (Ukraine, Russia, West).  The losses and incompetence of the Russian army are a strong talking point in the narrative yet no one is really reporting or acknowledging the heavy losses and dings to morale Ukraine is facing.  There is virtually no independent, non-government-sponsored reporting on the war.  It's all regurgitated talking points.

In other news, Ukraine has fired their human rights commissioner Ludmila Denisova for not doing her job and spreading unverified, un-fact-checked reports of sexual violence toward women and children in the war.  It says a lot when this decision comes from a country that has the most to gained from it.   In yet other news, a much-published photo of a mother writing on the back of her child (in case they are separated in the fighting!) turned out to be made in the south of France, where mother and daughter currently are.  (I have to wonder why no one asked in the beginning - if this is designed to keep the child from getting lost in the war, why would she be writing it in Latin rather than Cyrillic?)  In yet other news, Ukraine's chief prosecutor has charged a man with the crimes committed in Bucha and advised him of that fact via email.  The man turned out to be a native of Belarus who was never in the armed forces and had no role in the war whatsoever.

All of this to caution people that information during the war is a weapon.  There is no reporting to report any longer. It's all done in the service of a larger narrative.

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Frankly, I’m fine with narratives that hurt Russia. [/quote]

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