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Originally Posted by undercoverbrother
i haven't seen independent confirmation of this.
Has anyone?
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https://twitter.com/user/status/1506339924231995394
https://twitter.com/user/status/1506594877999656963
Of note, mainstream news seems to corroborate these types of stories about 24 hours after the situation occurs and are almost always very delayed. Don't expect independent confirmation outside of Ukrainian sources until US intelligence confirms with 100% certainty themselves.
Reddit's live world news thread and twitter have easily been the best sources of information, with about 10 twitter accounts providing very reliable information from the ground. Kyiv Independent is one of the best sources and usually will not report on something unless confirmed.
There's also a tendency of the media to report solely on the humanitarian crisis situation, which is why we see specially the shelling of Ukrainian cities and the Mariupol siege but not these developements.
There's also a secrecy element to Ukrainian troop movements, to prevent Russians from being able to plan ahead, which is why news like this encirclement are only coming out now, but this was in the makings in the past 5 days.