What's ahead in the war in Ukraine? -- Belfer Center, Harvard Kennedy School

[Emrys]

7. I've been deliberately barely scratching the surface in posting on DU what I read on a daily basis,

mainly on Twitter, funnily enough.

Yes, any information from and concerning a war zone has to treated with a degree of healthy skepticism, but by tracking proven reliable sources and experts in certain fields, it's sometimes possible to triangulate on a concensus. Telenko, for instance, is good in his specialty (logistics), but also a reasonable judge of other sources. Certainly, when I see the likes of Tom Nichols (ex-Republican-turned-firm Democrat, and retired professor at the US Naval War College) - https://twitter.com/RadioFreeTom - chime in to support a point of view, I take notice.

One reason I rely on certain researchers is that they're experienced and skilled in sifting and balancing their own sources of information. Those who end up with egg on their faces too often soon get weeded out.

One of the sources I referred to in my post above is Estonian Russian-to-English translator Dmitri - https://twitter.com/wartranslated - who daily provides transcripts from a variety of sources, from videos to intercepted phone calls home from Russian soldiers to internal communiques between Russian bigwigs, including Wagner and its fellow travellers. He's suitably skeptical about some of the sources he translates, but a consistent picture usually eventually emerges. Some of the replies to his tweets aren't nonsense either.