mostly from coverage that I've seen at UnderstandingWar.org
Fair warning, that site is a blog run by a neocon think tank, headed by the King NeoCon himself Bill Kristol. This is the weapons of mass destruction crew, nothing they say should never be taken seriously.
On the contrary - for succinct day-by-day, "play-by-play" commentary on the conflict, they are quite professional (and extremely guarded in their statements).
OTOH, I'm old & well-read enough to know that they are working from limited information sources, within a narrow analysis framework, and even the best-resourced and -intentioned military-style war reporting has a pretty iffy record.
I think as long as people wishing to know more about the situation with the fox in the hen house don't mind reading the latest updates from the actual fox itself, then sure.
These aren't just war cheerleaders, the ISW is literally the architects of war. Sure they know a lot about it, look at their Board of Directors. It's filled with warmongers.
If "fox" == "Russian military" and "hen house" == "Ukraine"...well, the ISW folks strike me as far too sympathetic to the hen side to be shills for the fox side, as you seem to believe.
In my analogy the fox is war profiteers and the hen house is the rest of society.
ISW is always pro-war. They are Neocons, it is a foundational part of their ideology. Any drivel coming from that place needs to be viewed through that lens.
In other news, McDonalds thinks we should eat more burgers.
