Weekend Update #148: Breakthrough? What Breakthrough? Collapse? What Collapse?

Russia Attacks Civilians, Ukraine Attacks Strategic Industries; Pokrovsk Versus Oil Refineries--One Of These Is Strategic, The Other Not.

Hi All,

Well, the battle lines hardly moved this last week—though the Ukrainians did recapture some territory. How can you tell? There was almost no reporting on the state of the land war. The last three weeks have indeed been a brilliant test case in the deceptive way the war has been reported/analysed over the last few years. When there seems to be any…