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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
Find some credible sources of news about what’s happening on the ground. The BBC, the Economist, interviews with military analysts.
This article argues things are not going well for Russia, with their inability to establish air dominance particularly damning.
https://www.economist.com/leaders/20...him-in-ukraine
But in this interview a former Joint Forces commander says Russia has lots of heft to throw into the struggle, and their army will still likely occupy large portions of the Ukraine, and isolate and besiege the major cities in the east, including Kiev.
As you say, social media depictions of what’s happening in Ukraine give us a distorted picture. Memes and videos go viral because they spark our emotions, not because they capture reality. |
Pretty much every credible analyst I've seen says Ukraine has been incredible so far, but don't expect things to get any better than it is right now and likely to get very bleak soon with Russia having so much more to throw at it