I don't know what to say

 I don't know what to say when people, quoting "respectable" sources such as The Atlantic magazine and the BBC, claim that Russia is losing the war in Ukraine badly.

I suppose I could point them to articles such as this one where my favored journalist debunks the claims in The Atlantic.

Not that it would do any good, because they would surely say that MoA is Russian Disinformation.

Tim Cook, writing at Antiwar.com, has similar feelings except he DOES know what to say and says it.

I happened to notice that Antiwar.com is an operation of the Bourne Institute, and I looked up Bourne.  He was a lefty writer who opposed WW1 and argued against another self-described liberal, Dewey, who endorsed it.  Bourne also argued against the idea of a 'Melting Pot' in favor of multiculturalism.  Sadly Bourne died of "Spanish Flu" (which actually started in Kansas) in 1918.

Here's the 10 minute Aron Mate description of the origins of the war in Ukraine.

Though this is often called Russian Disinformation, US officials repeatedly promised that NATO would not extend eastward.