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Bluetus

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11. People at DU are 100X more informed than those depending on legacy media

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Fri Nov 21, 2025, 09:34 AM

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I have seen basically NO COVERAGE at all from the legacy media on the fact that Ukraine has been striking major blows to the Putin economy by disrupting its most important industry: fossil fuels. Combined with the European sanctions, this means that Russia will get very little energy revenue from Europe this winter, and that is having devastating consequences for the Russian economy.

The legacy media jumps all over the story when the Trump administration announces yet another plan to throw Ukraine under the bus, but barely a word about what is actually happening in this war. The real story is that Russia hasn't made any appreciable advances on the ground and their economy at home is crashing.

https://www.foreignaffairs.com/russia/slow-death-russian-oil

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