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Ask HN: How to best follow Ukraine Russian conflict?

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I would like to follow this more closely but am unsure what is the best way to accurate information about it. So far, I just follow what i see in the news so when the news cycle drops this topic, i hear nothing (which seems to be the case right now which is why i am posting this).

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For me, there are a couple YouTubers I watch: “Ukraine Matters” and “reporting from Ukraine”. Or “William Spaniel” though he’s more of a strategist and only updates once a month or something. (I personally wish Spaniel and Asianometry would collaborate on you name it.)

I also periodically search/look for interviews with Stephen Kotkin or Michael Kofman in them.

Also, more mainstream, the Economist has coverage of it in every weekly publication of theirs.

https://liveuamap.com/

https://www.iswresearch.org/

https://www.reuters.com/

https://www.politico.eu/

Also, Timothy Snyder's Yale classes on Ukrainian and Russian history offer an excellent background to the war, which helps when trying to separate reality from propaganda: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJczLlwp-d8

Hi,

I would highly recommend Perun on youtube for more in-depth insights on the economy, logistics, and management of the Ukraine war. https://www.youtube.com/@PerunAU/videos

He's either Australian or New Zeelander, and somehow very involved in defence procurment and war economy, but he's very private about his life. Has enough respect in his analysis to get retired General Ben Hodges the former commanding general of the US Armed Forces in Europe to agree to an interview. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Hodges

Why is Perun my first go to choise? He's excellent at summarising and contextualising several different sources, is not alarmist, and very sceptical to both Russian, and Ukrainian claims and prefers to try and verify as much as possible. Also his dry wit and humor makes an otherwise boring power point presentation very good as a podcast.

Since I think you might not be european, this source is a great general european news channel, that is great at contextualising current major news in Europe and will help you understand the current cold-luke warm war with russia. Ukraine might be where the front is, but this is make no doubts about it, also a proxy war for the energy dependency of the EU and the influence of Russia in the Europe. https://www.youtube.com/@TLDRnewsEU/videos

Anders Puck Nielsen from the Danish War College is an other great analyst https://www.youtube.com/@anderspuck

Anything navy related i always go to SubBrief https://www.youtube.com/@SubBrief/search?query=Ukarine%20nor...

I would also recommend silicon curtain https://www.youtube.com/@SiliconCurtain/videos

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