Apologies, this one is smaller than usual, as I'm gonna be very busy over the next few days. It's the same amount of headlines, just not as much quoted from them.
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.
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.
Yesterday's discussion post.
How does it make sense for the Ukraine to cut the gas supply to the people bankrolling them?
it's a catch-22, cut off Russia, good, but Europe still needs that gas, not good
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Imo this whole new development is Ukraine's ploy to blackmail the EU, and Germany especially, into sending more weapons. But it's a murky story for now, still developing, so I'm not too sure.
Europe has been thrown under the bus by the US long before all of this. For example when Germany was forbidden to certify Nord Stream 2. And it's become painfully clear in the past three months that the EU does not have an independent foreign policy, it's just the US foreign policy, regular EU people be damned. "Fuck the EU" as Nuland said back in 2014. EU won't resist, there's no one left to resist. It's just Orban now and no one else. There was Kurz in Austria but he was removed. Unless there is significant pressure from below, as in really serious, violent, mass protests, EU will keep doing Washington's bidding. At least as far as I see it now, the EU will react by deindustrializing, which is already happening. No gas-hungry industries no need for so much gas, problem solved. They're also talking to Qatar but it's not going great.
2 . see above
1 . not likely. even if just because the gas capacity that's being cut off is not that huge. and also, at least based on Gazprom's statements, this is entirely Ukraine's doing, so sending troops won't solve anything. because at the end of the day what, ate they gonna send troops to Russia? because that's where the gas is and it can be shut off whenever, which has not happened on that side
3 . more blackmail, or whatever the US has done to make EU politicians so incredibly pliable and willing to go against the interests of their own people. they are either just all bought and sold in there already, or there must be some very potent kompromat on them because this is insane what they're doing
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There's always more weapons to send. And Germany and France make a lot of their own. The problem is training. ex-Warsaw pact countries have been sending their Soviet-era military equipment in exchange for US/NATO equipment. It's good WW2-style business for the US. That's running out yeah, the Soviet stuff. But the UK, the US and who knows who else, are training Ukrainian forces to use NATO equipment now. Imo this is not going to be effective at all because even if you are an ace at using whatever howitzer you got, without a proper supply chain of spare parts and maintenance that stuff will become useless very fast. But, again, it's good business.
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It would be hilarious if the US starts sanctioning Germany for keeping the lights running.
Seems like the US is treating Europe like the middle east.
If their doctrine is the same as the middle east then the entire continent is in danger. Their plan will be to destabilise all of it.