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.
I figure there's some spots in their supply chain that makes them deal to some extent with Russia, which carries a heavy penalty. which makes business a net loss. They're closing up shop while they either figure out how to open up shop again without being sanctioned, or maybe they think sanctions will be lifted just enough to make a profit again, perhaps hoping the GOP will go soft on Russia?
Isn't there also a rumour that this is the German strategy? Because Nordstream II or w/e its called, the big pipeline that would allow for huge amounts of natural gas from Russia, hasn't really been demolished as much as the project has been put on administrative hold indefinitely. Which would mean that a potential future administration could just active the project and have it running within a couple weeks / months, if the political will is found.
I don't know! But it certainly sounds plausible.