I've also deleted my 13-year-old Twitter account. Now, I'm looking for alternative, reliable sources for information about the war that are open and not dependent on Twitter/X.

Some examples I've found (note: I have not followed all of these accounts for a long time, so use your judgment when evaluating them wrt reliability/accuracy):

Do you have others to recommend? Thanks!

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[–] obinice@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

I would also greatly value this please! Thank you :-)

[–] canadaduane@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 year ago

Here's another one I forgot to mention:

https://mstdn.social/@noelreports

[–] Arotrios@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago

@Ukraine_UA is run by @lusterko and is a pretty good source for current news.

[–] peterpan520@feddit.de 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

@SocraticEthics@mastodon.online is very good

I actually don't know how to link a Mastodon properly.

Same Account, but direct link: https://mastodon.online/@SocraticEthics

[–] ButtonMcLemming@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago

That's also the same Mastodon account I am following for news updates on the war in Ukraine on my Mastodon.world account.

[–] arrr@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 year ago

@noelreports@mstdn.social

Great summaries and live updates.

[–] PlasticQuality7519@reddthat.com 3 points 1 year ago

I can add @Nadinabbott@mstdn.social and @Tendar@newsie.social (Note that the last one is fairly pro-russian, but good to corroborate reports of progress)

[–] dragontamer@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

https://lemmy.world/post/2664332

[–] Francisco@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I follow these:

Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum@journa.host
WarInTheFuture @WarInTheFuture@mstdn.social
ChrisO_wiki @ChrisO_wiki@mastodon.social
Tendar @Tendar@newsie.social
OSINTtechnical @osinttechnical@mstdn.social
NOELREPORTS @noelreports@mstdn.social
MAKS 23 @MAKS23@mastodon.social
War Mapper @warmapper@mstdn.social
Anders Puck Nielsen @anderspuck@krigskunst.social
Mark Hertling @markhertling@mstdn.social
Darth Putin @DarthPutinKGB@mastodon.world
Putin @putin@nafo.uk

Will follow more after this thread! :)

But, IMHO, the best way to find your own sources is to explore by hashtags , like:

[https://mastodon.social/tags/ukraine]

[–] Munkisquisher@lemmy.nz 1 points 1 year ago

warmapper@mstdn.social is good too, shows map changes with arrows

[–] Ph0mX@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You can also follow the #Ukraine tag on Masto

[–] canadaduane@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

Thanks, I do this sometimes, but there are also some... not very reliable posts in there on occasion.

[–] nulluser@programming.dev 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

FYI, Lemmy is just as much "fediverse" as Mastodon is. The term "fediverse" includes Mastodon, Lemmy, Kbin, Peertube, Pixelfed, and many more. So, your first paragraph kinda sounds like someone saying, "What Internet websites do you recommend (i.e. Wikipedia, not CNN)" Just thought you'd like to know.

[–] canadaduane@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

That's fair, I think we're all trying to understand this new Fediverse thing. I understand that the underlying ActivityPub protocol is the same, but people tend to use these frontends quite differently. For example, I can't downvote a Lemmy post in Elk (the software I use to follow other people). I also anticipate Lemmy posts to be more "community-oriented" in the way information is surfaced (like Reddit), whereas Mastodon is more focused on following a person or organization (like Twitter). There's no wrong way to use the technology, but I do find the use cases helpful in organizing my expectations.