Media

News sources about the war in Ukraine

When I had a Twitter account, I gorged on news from Ukraine, spending at least an hour a day following about 20 accounts for up-to-the-minute news and speculation.

My Twitter account getting locked after I used it for frequent criticism of the service owner provided me with an opportunity to re-think that approach.

I now read two sources to keep up with the Big Picture of what's going on, and turn (with big grains of salt at hand) to the New York Times, the BBC, and the English-language service of Deutsche Welle for breaking news during a big event.

My two regular sources:

  1. Phillips P. O'Brien from the University of St. Andrews in Scotland, for whose Substack account I am a paid subscriber: https://substack.com/@phillipspobrien
  2. The Institute for the Study of War's daily Russian Offensive Campaign Assessments: https://www.understandingwar.org

Both sources are pro-Ukranian, but committed to evaluating and reporting the facts they gather as honestly, transparently, and accurately as possible, with the ISW focusing on tactics and O'Brien focusing on strategies.