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Tunxis 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine

This guide is intended to help provide an overview of the conflict - how it started and how it has progressed - and to provide resources to stay up to date with events as they occur. It is a work in progress.

Follow the News

Reliable sources of news and information, recommended by Andrea Orzoff

 

News in Russia, in English: 

--Meduza https://meduza.io/en

--Novaya Gazeta https://novayagazeta.ru/articles/2022/02/22/russia-explained

News on Ukraine, in English:

--the New Voice of Ukraine  http://english.nv.ua 

--the Kyiv Independent https://twitter.com/KyivIndependent 

–Business Ukraine  https://twitter.com/Biz_Ukraine_Mag

--Ukraine World,  https://twitter.com/ukraine_world

European news, in English:

--Deutsche Welle, https://twitter.com/dwnews 

–Financial Times: ttps://ft.com/war-in-ukraine

--BBC, https://www.bbc.com/news

--Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: : https://rferl.org

 

US news sources:

--National Public Radio http://npr.org

--New York Times

Curated Twitter lists on Ukraine:

https://twitter.com/i/lists/1497069669647368194

https://twitter.com/i/timeline

Maps:
New York Times: https://t.co/FgN13mH8co
Wall Street Journal: https://t.co/HhT0d8wFP1

Russia-Ukraine Monitor Map:https://maphub.net/Cen4infoRes/russian-ukraine-monitor

The Russia-Ukraine Monitor Map is a crowdsourced effort to map, document and verify information in order to provide reliable information for policymakers and journalists of the on-the-ground and online situation in and around Ukraine.This map is created by the Centre For Information Resilience as part of a wider effort to tackle disinformation and promote transparent and verified information.

 

Combating Disinformation

Unfortunately, the Russian government has been documented attemping to sway opinions and cause confusion by spreading deliberately false information, which is often amplified through social media. Here are some ways to recognize and avoid false information.

 

 

The Media Manipulation Casebook is tracking web content removal of the conflict.

 

https://guides.lib.virginia.edu/FakeNews/ukraine

http://txcc.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://www.proquest.com/usmajordailies/docview/2632564237/1E74FBF64FB84ED2PQ/74?accountid=40393

Maps

 New York Times: https://t.co/FgN13mH8co
 Wall Street Journal: https://t.co/HhT0d8wFP1

Russia-Ukraine Monitor Map

The Russia-Ukraine Monitor Map is a crowdsourced effort to map, document and verify information in order to provide reliable information for policymakers and journalists of the on-the-ground and online situation in and around Ukraine.

This map is created by the Centre For Information Resilience (https://twitter.com/Cen4infoRes) as part of a wider effort to tackle disinformation and promote transparent and verified information.

https://maphub.net/Cen4infoRes/russian-ukraine-monitor

Cyberattacks and Cyberwarfare

In addition to conventional warfare, there have been a number of cyber-attacks aimed at disrupting important infrastructure and cripple information systems. Cyberattacks are becoming more and more common both in war and in peacetime, and will most likely continue to play a role in the ongoing conflict in Ukraine.