{"id":211775,"date":"2022-05-16T12:00:12","date_gmt":"2022-05-16T11:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=211775"},"modified":"2022-05-16T11:26:51","modified_gmt":"2022-05-16T10:26:51","slug":"how-to-follow-the-ukraine-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2022\/05\/how-to-follow-the-ukraine-war\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Follow the Ukraine War"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_211777\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/ukraine-artillery-donetsk.webp\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-211777\" class=\"wp-image-211777\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/ukraine-artillery-donetsk.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/ukraine-artillery-donetsk.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/ukraine-artillery-donetsk-300x200.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-211777\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">American M777 howitzers used by the Ukrainian army. (Ukraine Now)<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>How to Bypass Official Propaganda and Disinformation<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>16 May 2022 &#8211;<\/em> The Ukraine war is the second major war since the beginning of the mobile internet age (the first one was and is the Syria war). Because of this, even regular citizens can completely bypass traditional news outlets \u2013 which on both sides of the war provide almost only propaganda and disinformation \u2013 and access on-the-ground war footage and analysis directly and in real-time.<\/p>\n<p>While most US social media platforms (and even <a href=\"https:\/\/swprs.org\/advanced-online-media-use\/#4-use-alternatives-to-google-search\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">search engines<\/a>) tend to censor channels that are not compliant with US\/NATO war policy, the more decentralized Telegram platform continues to provide reliable access to uncensored war-related content. The following brief overview lists some of the leading English and German channels covering the Ukraine war (18+, may show war deaths).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ukrainian\/Western perspective<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/s\/ukrainenowenglish\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ukraine Now English<\/a> (160k)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/s\/UkrWarRep\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ukraine War Report<\/a> (50k)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nitter.net\/Blue_Sauron\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Blue Sauron<\/a> (Twitter, 100k)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nitter.net\/Osinttechnical\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">OSINT Technical<\/a> (Twitter, 500k)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nitter.net\/UAWeapons\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ukraine Weapons Tracker<\/a> (Twitter, 550k)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Russian perspective<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/s\/intelslava\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Intel Slava Z<\/a> (400k)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/s\/ukr_leaks_eng\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ukraine Leaks<\/a> (40k)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/s\/UkraineHumanRightsAbuses\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ukraine Exposed<\/a> (35K)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/s\/azmilitary11\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AZ OSINT<\/a> (15k)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/s\/ZradaXXII\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Z Rada XXII<\/a> (10k)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Global perspective<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/s\/BellumActaNews\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bellum Acta<\/a> (75k, global)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/s\/war_noir\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">War Noir<\/a> (20k, focus on arms)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Western journalists in Ukraine (Russian side)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/s\/patricklancasternewstoday\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Patrick Lancaster<\/a> (45k, British journalist)<\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/s\/grahamwphillips\" >Graham Philips<\/a> (12k, British journalist)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/s\/donbassinsider\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donbass Insider<\/a> (25k, Belgian journalist)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>German channels (Russian perspective)<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/s\/neuesausrussland\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Neues aus Russland<\/a> (150k, German journalist)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/s\/AntiSpiegel\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Anti-Spiegel<\/a> (70k, German journalist\/website)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/s\/nikgerassimow\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nikita Gerassimow<\/a> (15k, German researcher)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Websites<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/libyancivilwar.blogspot.com\/\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Massacre Marketing Monitor<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/southfront.org\/\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">South Front \u2013 Analysis &amp; Intelligence<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/waronfakes.com\/\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">War on Fakes<\/a> (Russian perspective)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Related articles<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mintpressnews.com\/online-censorship-ukraine-russa-google-facebook-twitter\/280304\/\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Online Censorship of Ukraine Dissent<\/a> (Mint Press, April 2022)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thegrayzone.com\/2022\/03\/25\/bbc-fixer-war-ukrainian-nationalist-pr-operative\/\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BBC coverage of Ukraine war<\/a> (The GrayZone, March 2022)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mintpressnews.com\/ukraine-propaganda-war-international-pr-firms-dc-lobbyists-cia-cutouts\/280012\/\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ukraine\u2019s Propaganda War<\/a> (Mint Press, March 2022)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>See also<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/swprs.org\/media-navigator\/\" >The Media Navigator<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/swprs.org\/the-propaganda-multiplier\/\" >The Propaganda Multiplier<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/swprs.org\/ukraine-situation-and-background\/\" >Ukraine: Situation and Background<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>__________________________________________<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/swiss-policy-research-logo-300.png\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-161314\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/swiss-policy-research-logo-300-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/swiss-policy-research-logo-300-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/swiss-policy-research-logo-300.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> Swiss Policy Research<em>, founded in 2016, is an independent, nonpartisan and nonprofit research group investigating geopolitical propaganda in Swiss and international media. 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Our articles have been published or shared by numerous independent media outlets and journalists, among them <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/swprs.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/01\/assange-tweet.png\" >Julian Assange<\/a>, and have been translated into more than two dozen languages.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/swprs.org\/how-to-follow-the-ukraine-war\/\" >Go to Original &#8211; swprs.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>16 May 2022 &#8211; How to Bypass Official Propaganda and Disinformation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":211703,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[378,234,278,961,92,118],"class_list":["post-211775","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-focus","tag-journalism","tag-media","tag-russia","tag-ukraine","tag-violent-conflict","tag-war"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211775","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=211775"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211775\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/211703"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=211775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=211775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=211775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}