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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCrimea Peninsula is under attack by Ukraine and Kerch Bridge is shut down
Not sure yet if the bridge is under attack or if attacks are close by. Belgorod also continues to be attacked by the Freedom Russian fighters.
calguy
(5,709 posts)getagrip_already
(17,003 posts)This isn't one of them.
Bev54
(11,672 posts)usually only broadcast at certain times. I don't particularly like these guys but I have found their reporting to be accurate. I just can't watch their live 2-3 hour broadcasts nightly.
erronis
(16,622 posts)China's been failing for months; Putin's generals are going to take him out for years; the sky is still falling.
Bev54
(11,672 posts)reporting. There are about 3-4 sites that I watch that have been very accurate in their reporting.
calguy
(5,709 posts)But there are so many 'click bait' channels on YouTube that it's hard to believe any of them. Good examples are those predicting total collapse for either Russia or Ukraine within days. The other day I saw one that said Putin had just been stabbed in the back by one of his generals. If this stuff was actually true, one would think it would be covered by reputable news sources.
Bev54
(11,672 posts)There are many and a few that I will follow on, and eventually they will all have the same military videos. I don't follow these guys all the time because they go on and on but their short versions are usually just updated videos.
getagrip_already
(17,003 posts)They sensationalized everything to get views. They are Maga operative grifters. Do a little digging and you will turn it up.
Or just post a criticism of them and they will ban you.
There are better sources. The bridge shuts down every time there is air or marine activity in the crimes area. It is nothing unusual, except this site declares it destroyed about once a month.
Pure crap.
Bev54
(11,672 posts)but they usually put out this type of short newsy tape when something is happening and it is far better to watch - no theatrics just news that they stretch out during their night time live broadcasts.
getagrip_already
(17,003 posts)Sometimes they have facts, but even then it's sensationalized.
Usually their b primary news source is from a Belarus agency.
I'm done with them. There are much better sources from within ukraine.
sciencescience
(112 posts)Emrys
(7,777 posts)One day its closure will be particularly significant, but I don't think this is that day.
Ukrainian attacks on Crimea are also pretty much daily occurrences nowadays and are taking out a number of strategically significant targets, but for some reason people prefer to fixate on the back and forth along Ukraine's eastern border where little changes. Russia prefers to do that too. Then one day ...