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My Recommendations:
*Written Media:
**Like you said "Air Force Magazine", "Proceedings", all those military-for military reading type things which are written by people who know what they are talking about from the military operations aspect
**[[The Economist]] (Good Coverage Overall)
***Also ''Pretty Good'' for most things overall, although one does need to be cognizant and look out, as every so often they do ''very'' neoliberal pieces (one article was the writer being all upset over the protections in some new leftist but not authoritarian (at least for now, fingers crossed) government in south america, i forgot the countries/article, but yeah)
**NPR (also publishes scripts / articles) does good day by day coverage and some interviews of Ukrainian Soldiers / Civilians caught in the middle of it all) (not as great for in-depth strategy or politics talks, but good for "oh they recaptured that city" etc)
*Videos:
**[[Adam Something (YouTube Channel) ]]
***While not an expert, they do cite sources and post them in the description and seem to isolate their "takes" / predictions from the facts quite well
***Also Originally from Hungary so like Marcin i feel they have some of that "this is happening next door" / memories to past invasions of their homeland based ''drive'' that sadly the increasing number of isolationists here in the USA don't have
***[https://youtu.be/O1SeOH__Wi4?si=jid16jHIF2yjlKl4 A YouTube Video by the YouTube Channel "Adam Something" Titled "The War in Ukraine: Why 2024 Will Be Decisive" ] ( '''~20 Minute Watch''' )
****Decent summary, and with some interesting scenarios of how things could go.  Unsure on the USA analysis, that has me especially spooked
***They also have [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLf8qfSvZiyEvJHOSeWp98fuSo1mStKtBI This Playlist] although everything except the last 2 is pretty much obsolete
**[https://www.youtube.com/@CovertCabal/videos A YouTube Channel Called "Covert Cabal" ]
***Goofy name, but professional format, and AMAZING [[OSINT]] work on Russia's remaining [[Mothballing | Mothballed]] Tanks, IFVs, Artillery / SPGs etc
****They did this with [[Maxar]] Satellite (and other) Photos of bases/hunting around and were basically just getting highest zoom on non-cloudy days and counting tanks
****Did get decent non-classified numbers, which is wild.  Used to be you needed (quite literally since the telescope was ADAPTED FROM spare spysats) a Hubble Telescope esque satellite or a U2/SR-71 to do this type of stuff and now anyone with a PC and some cash+time to burn can!
***Also good analysis overall
**[https://www.youtube.com/@PerunAU Perun]
***VERY Nice Looking Powerpoint Based Video Essays/Presentations of Sort (Up there with DOD / DARPA Infographics lol)
***For better or for worse their videos do tend to be a bit longer, but they have timecode based sections, you can watch at 2x speed if need be/skip around, and all the sources are in the description, and reading some of the articles may be quicker but get you a similar level of informed
***[https://youtu.be/nQLI8xnINqk?si=CjgXmsQCTlfO16Hv A Video by the YouTube Channel "Perun" Titled "The Ukraine War in 2024 - The Military and Economic Balance of the Long War" ] ( '''~1 Hour 5 Minute Watch''' )
*[[Vice News]] has plenty of very good on the ground reporting, although largely from the pre-2022 phases
*OSINT:
*I personally don't use twitter...''or rather X''...so the only stuff i see is whatever diffuses into what i watch/read, but here are some things i know of:
**From Adam Something: Twitter Accounts you should follow for accurate Ukraine coverage (non-exhaustive):
***[https://twitter.com/i/flow/login?redirect_after_login=%2Foryxspioenkop oryxspioenkop  ] (this might be account locked, I need to look into [[How to use Twitter Without an Account]] (or buckle down and make one)
***[https://twitter.com/Rebel44CZ rebel44cz]
***[https://twitter.com/osint_east osint_east]
***[https://twitter.com/DefMon3 defmon3]
***[https://twitter.com/KofmanMichael kofmanmichael]
***[https://twitter.com/TheStudyofWar Institute for the Study of War]
*Also in terms of background, granted i knew about the "little green men" and the basics of the Annexation of Crimea / early war, but this video went over the context all the way back to late soviet history, and also went over the mess that was the USSR breakup and the corruption that ensued.  Multi-Part series, so decently long watch, but i'd 100% recommend it:
**[https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcfqP0PtWDcGKIHGTTbVlpTyUZNL8gjnH&si=pTzWuQc7hMIJpEEY A Playlist of their Videos by the YouTube Channel "Sarcasmitron" Titled "Ukraine War Series" ] ( '''3x ~30 Minute Videos, 1x Most Recent Video ~1 Hour 15 Minutes Watch Time''' )
*That's about all i got, and i especially don't dig into too much OSINT stuff, but thought it couldn't hurt to throw these links out there
*Here's to hoping Ukraine puts Putin and his Military back in it's place, with Allies not abandoning them, and we can get to rebuilding!
**[https://youtu.be/obMTYs30E9A?si=nPtQ2iKHXYNfnetQ A Video by the YouTube Channel "Adam Something" Titled "Ukraine - The Country That Defied Vladimir Putin" ] ( '''~40 Minute Watch''' ) went over all sorts of [[New Urbanism]] infrastructure modernization and anti-corruption efforts they were doing and it seems like they really can have a bright future


--[[User:Eric|Eric]] ([[User talk:Eric|talk]]) 19:59, 7 March 2024 (UTC)
Moving all ^ That stuff to [[Ukraine War Reporting]] 's talk section

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