TheMalcontent

Housekeeping - Unprecedented

Added 2023-10-09 07:18:24 +0000 UTC

As we approach 600 days of the expanded war of aggression in Ukraine, we have never seen this happen in the information space.

There is almost no open-source intelligence about the Russia-Ukraine War, including Ukrainian sources today. There is an intense focus on the Israel-Hamas War, dramatically showing down intelligence gathering. The channels and sources we monitor are 90% Israel-Hamas and 10% Russia-Ukraine. Some are 100%.

Today's report is going to be thin and late, but not for a lack of trying. The fact that it is a Sunday may be partially contributing to the lack of information and intelligence. Additionally, most of the fighting is of light to moderate intensity over a wide area, so there isn't a lot of "actionable" information. As a reminder, we've adopted an editorial policy of not focusing on skirmishes and harassment attacks as they create noise in the information space. We also try to stay out of partisan politics in all nations, and the United States is...well, it isn't good. Until there is a Speaker of a House, there won't be a lot of news from the U.S. government.

Additionally, it has been three days since the last Shahed-136 attack, and there have only been a handful of missile launches. Weather remains poor, but in recent months, Russia has used the weather to hide Shahed-136 flight paths.

I just want our subscribers to know we are not under-focusing on Russia-Ukraine to provide a daily update on Israel-Hamas. The information space has never been like this when other conflicts have erupted, and there isn't a lot to report on.