BT, When you first started this thread, I posted an old adage, "the first victim in any war is the truth". I stand by that post. I keep reading and watching videos of so many Ukraine victories. They maybe true, but thoughts of VietNam comes back to me- the news in the states of so many victories over the Viet Cong and N. Vietnam. Many told of the thousands killed by B52 strikes and in skirmishes in that country. Many named my brigade that was involved. We would shake our heads and realize the truth at home wasn't being told. We would go to areas bombed by B52s and find no evidence of any enemy deaths or having been there. I hope we aren't getting the same type news about Ukraine. I firmly believe it is better that we spend money on helping arm Ukraine, and it's a lot cheaper than sending our troops there. We are getting a bargain. Just hope we don't wake up one day with Russia victorious and finding out we were getting bogus reports.
I hear ya and it's a valid concern... individual videos and articles can be manipulated or be propaganda. If you want clear, verifiable, attributable, information go to
https://www.understandingwar.org/ and click the link for today or yesterday's date. All information has been cross referenced and most contain a numbered attribute which can be found at the end of the article with clickable links.
In actuality... things aren't all that good in Ukraine. It's true Russia is taking terrible losses and has been pushed back in some areas... but the situation right now is basically a stalemate with Russia making small but steady gains at a horrible price... at this pace Ukraine will slowly bleed to death. If we truly want the war to end we need to provide them with the tools to push Russia back to original borders.
