Clear picture of war in Ukraine clouded by large areas of unknowns
by Peter Beaumont in Lviv from on (#5WTAG)
Analysis: lack of reliable information has made it hard to assess the Russian military's successes and failures
In conflict, where information is everything, what is striking about the war in Ukraine is not what is known but the very large areas of unknowns.
And even as commentators have picked over and analysed everything that is known about the Russian military's operations and performance in Ukraine in an effort to predict the trajectory of the conflict, it's what is poorly understood that may yet be more significant still.
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