The seemingly endless war in Ukraine continues, with Ukraine occupying Russian territory in the Kursk oblast and Russia occupying Ukrainian territory – Crimea since 2104 and Donetsk, Luhansk, and parts of Zaporizhia oblasts since February of 2022. Ukraine has been hitting Russian logistics and defense infrastructure with drones, HIMARS, ATACMS, and cruise missiles while Russia has been striking civilian targets in Ukraine. (Some have claimed this is pro-Ukrainian propaganda, but it actually makes sense because Ukraine has a limited supply of weapons and they need to get the “most bang for the buck” by hitting military targets while even recent Russian military history shows they have no issues hitting civilian targets.)
About the only thing we hear about the ongoing “Special Military Operation” i.e. the Ukraine-Russia War is aid being sent to Ukraine by the US and NATO members in Europe. Occasionally we’d hear stories related related to the ongoing war, the most recent being the apparent friendly-fire downing of an Azerbaijan Airlines flight by Russian air defenses.
The media has not been covering much of the day to day events in Ukraine, has barely mentioned North Korea’s increasing stake in the warm with North Korean soldiers now taking an active part in combat in the Kursk oblast, trying (and failing) to oust Ukrainian forces from Russian territory.
One unofficial media source I frequent is Warthog Defense, a YouTube news channel covering the war. While it was created about 8 years ago to cover US military news and operations, it has a number of Ukraine war videos every day. I am not foolish enough to think it is an unbiased source, but it does include video from Russian sources as well and I think it is more balanced than some of the other sources I’ve watched.
All I can say is that I hope this war will finally end, and end with Russia gaining nothing. If it does keep any of the territory it has occupied, then I do not doubt it will try elsewhere, like Moldova. There are already Russian troops occupying the Transnistria region of Moldova which is next door to Ukraine.
