Related, Jonathan Fink (Silicon Curtain - Silicon Wafers) talked about this issue some days ago but focused on his own experience on X https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZL1_ow8s0rY
I know unlikely to be a popular opinion but is it likely everything Russia says is propaganda and everything Ukraine says is truthful? Is it not far more likely that it is a grey area in the middle?
I didn't see Wire link to the actual ISD report or peer-reviewed paper, instead of say what the report found without showing me the report so I can read it myself. It's a red flag in my book.
That's not a red flag, almost all news sites are like that now, unfortunately. It's due to the ad revenue model, they don't want you to click away. Pick some reputable news sources you can think of and see if they link their primary sources - it won't be many.