The Secret History of the War in Ukraine

Re:The Secret History of the War in Ukraine by apercu on Wednesday April 02, 2025 @12:33PM (#43558520)

Seems like a great article, and I followed the war (maybe we should call it genocide & imperialism and not war) pretty closely for maybe 3 years or so. Why's does this the author talk about dates and not include years?

> ("At an international conference on April 26 at Ramstein Air Base in Germany, General Milley introduced Mr. Reznikov and a Zaluzhny deputy to Generals Cavoli and Donahue.")

Is this 2021? 2022? Seems like a nitpick, I know but like, why make your readers work?

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Re:The Secret History of the War in Ukraine by ajcp on Wednesday April 02, 2025 @01:31PM (#43559133)

April, 2022. In the NYTimes app version of the article as you scroll down information about the "part" you are on stays at the top like a sticky nav to give better context. So for where your quote comes form it says "Part 1 February - May 2022"

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Re:The Secret History of the War in Ukraine by apercu on Thursday April 03, 2025 @09:35AM (#43569397)

Aww, that might not have displayed in the reader view. Blaming the author instead of the paywall workaround lol. Sorry.

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Re:The Secret History of the War in Ukraine by ajcp on Saturday April 05, 2025 @12:00PM (#43594441)

Not at all! If I were a journalist I would not want my reporting to rely on external formatting and styling to convey key information.

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Re:The Secret History of the War in Ukraine by stogot on Saturday April 05, 2025 @06:21PM (#43597295)

There’s a year in here (2023) that I’m pretty sure they meant 2024 and it was a typo. It was talking about the election, but the context makes zero sense in 2023

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