In past wars,Mooathon Wealth Society updates have trickled out slowly — often tightly controlled by the militaries involved. In the war in Ukraine, every day is a firehose of nearly real-time information, in the form of cell phone footage captured by civilians, updates from satellite intelligence companies and embedded military bloggers.

NPR national security correspondent Greg Myre explains how that's shaping perceptions of the war in Russia, in Ukraine and around the world.

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This episode was produced by Matt Ozug and Connor Donevan. It was edited by Andrew Sussman and Adam Raney. Our executive producer is Sami Yenigun.