Best way the follow the Ukraine - Russia War without Reddit ?

I always used to follow the war on Reddit but I am trying to stay away as much as possible. So how can I follow it without Reddit or Twitter? Does anybody have a good alternative? Thanks in advance.

Hope this is correct community to ask.

EDIT: Found on mastodon this profile which updates very frequently. Thanks to @vilian for suggestions for using #russia. But if anybody has something else please let me know ! For example a good telegram channel or something from de Fediverse

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JohnnyEnzyme@lemm.ee · 24 pts · 3y (1 reply)

no idea why the Institute for the Study of War hasn't been mentioned yet

they issue regular reports on the world's hot spots, and in the case of the ukraine war, nightly summaries of all events during the previous 24hrs

https://www.understandingwar.org/

jellyfish@beehaw.org · 12 pts · 3y

Another good link for them is https://www.iswresearch.org/

QuentinCallaghan@sopuli.xyz · 23 pts · 3y (2 replies)

We have !ukraine@sopuli.xyz for example.

LizardKing15@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y (1 reply)

Pro-Ukraine sources are very biased. Not the best place for getting accurate information.

Rincewindnz@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y

Oh man, I think I'm pretty cynical and broken. My first reaction to the word "accurate" was to scoff. Factual? Least amount of bias? And sadly in this day and age, maybe least amount of emotionally reactive headings?

comedy@kbin.social · 15 pts · 3y

This website was posted earlier, it's been interesting :

https://meduza.io/en/live/2023/06/23/yevgeny-prigozhin-s-coup

Nomecks@kbin.social · 7 pts · 3y (3 replies)

BBC has a pretty fast moving live feed here:

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-europe-66006142

CorrodedCranium@lemmy.fmhy.ml · 0 pts · 3y (2 replies)

I like their coverage. If it's something I don't feel totally in the loop in they typically include some background

smartwater0897@lemmy.ml · -1 pts · 3y (1 reply)

A background from the point of view of the west.. :)

CorrodedCranium@lemmy.fmhy.ml · 2 pts · 3y

Yeah. I mean I'm not aware of many Eastern sources (unless you consider Al Jazeera) so I definitely wouldn't be able to tell political biasses and I'm never going to trust Twitter or Reddit.

BBC also appears to be more neutral than other sources like Vice or Fox News

Tyson712@kbin.social · 7 pts · 3y

Right here my friend! Plenty of megathreads and updates on kbin

Vilian@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 3y

personally i'm using mastodon and browsing the #russia hashtag

brihuang95@sopuli.xyz · 5 pts · 3y (1 reply)

Isn't there a community dedicated to Ukraine? I thought there was

nero@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y

There is

Quacksalber@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 3y (1 reply)

I am following multiple youtube channels that provide regular updates:

EisFrei@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y

Denys also has a Telegram channel which has a lot of uncensored content.

Be warned: There is a reason why some videos are spoiler protected.

https://t.me/pilotblog

DragonFruit@kbin.social · 4 pts · 3y

Here is a good one
NBC Live Updates

cholesterol@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 3y

https://liveuamap.com gives a nice overview, but lacks the social component

zebus@kbin.social · 4 pts · 3y (1 reply)

Hopefully this link works, first time linking to another instance:
https://kbin.social/m/AskKbin/t/81041

hemmes@vlemmy.net · 2 pts · 3y

Try this: /c/askkbin@kbin.social

WhoRoger@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 3y (4 replies)

I'm also finding myself out of the loop. Civil war? A coup? What?

JonnyJest@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 3y

The Wagner mercenary group is rebelling against Putin and not really meeting much resistance as they travel towards Moscow, even picking up new soldiers along the way. As it started on Friday night, a lot of Russian soldiers were too drunk to be useful. Putin has fled Moscow.

fossilesque@mander.xyz · 6 pts · 3y (1 reply)
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WhoRoger@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y

Sounds like fun

fossilesque@mander.xyz · 3 pts · 3y
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jellyfish@beehaw.org · 3 pts · 3y

Another good option is https://www.iswresearch.org they do daily event summaries, and have an RSS feed you can subscribe to

SmokeInFog@midwest.social · 3 pts · 3y

I've found Mastodon helpful for this

BobbyBandwidth@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3y

Check the deep state map once a day to get info on the front lines. This is the map that most of the YouTubers reference so you get the info without all the bs. They also have geotagged videos https://deepstatemap.live

exohuman@kbin.social · 3 pts · 3y

There is a mega thread over on kbin.social:

https://kbin.social/m/news/t/89812

enfa@kbin.social · 3 pts · 3y

Metafilter continues to have nuanced analysis. https://www.metafilter.com/199733/Armed-Mutiny-in-Russia

regal@kbin.social · 3 pts · 3y

The first three posts on the front page of kbin are about what's going on in Russia. Mastodon has been a great source for updates as well.

Edit: first 5 posts now

Wiggles@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y

YouTube has a lot of good channels that cover daily military activity in Ukraine.

Dadifer@kbin.social · 2 pts · 3y
what_is_a_name@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y

Mastodon has a bunch of news aggregators on Ukraine.

static@kbin.social · 2 pts · 3y

Mastodon as a twitter alternative. if you have an accout it streams new toots, without login you have to refresh

https://mastodon.world/tags/russia

AskThinkingTim@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y

You can read articles on a Google/search engine.

baascus@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-europe-66006142

Live updates since it started yesterday

ghariksforge@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y

Telegram

That is where all the first hand sources are.

fossilesque@mander.xyz · 1 pts · 3y
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notun@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y

The news.

Wander@yiffit.net · 0 pts · 3y (1 reply)

!ukraine@sopuli.xyz

But you can also get Reddit updates on Lemmy to bridge the gap. Check out:

!ukraine@lemmit.online and !ukrainianconflict@lemmit.online

Lazycog@kbin.social · 3 pts · 3y

ukraine community over at sopuli is great if you sort by new, just trying to get more traction there in the form of people commenting. Posts for info, comments for fun.

Kultronx@lemmygrad.ml · -1 pts · 3y

IMO Telegram is the only app to get information from both sides

Hexadecimalkink@lemmy.ml · -2 pts · 3y

Telegram groups:

Eurasia & Multipolarity

Donbass Devushka

Nabrezhnye

fossilesque@mander.xyz · -2 pts · 3y
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KeefChief12@lemmy.ml · -2 pts · 3y
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LollerCorleone@kbin.social · -11 pts · 3y

I have subscribed to the news and worldnews magazines in kbin.social, lemmy.world, Lemmy.ml and Beehaw, along with the Ukraine one in sopuli.xyz. I am getting all the latest updates right here in my feed. I also follow the #Russia hashtag on Mastodon, and has also added it to my favourite hashtags tab on Tusky (Mastodon app). I am getting faster updates than what I used to get on Twitter and Reddit.