I think the information war has next to nothing to do with events on the ground in the real war. The propaganda exists to keep Western populations quiescent and compliant, so that the Tweedledee and Tweedledum parties of all Western “democracies” can go on changing places while nothing much changes. The singular characteristic about nuclear war that distinguishes it from climate catastrophe economic depression and virtually all other man-made disasters is that it is just about the only one that can reach out to kill our otherwise untouchable oligarchs and the ruling elites who serve them. Not just their wealth and power but their very lives and the lives of those they care about (their heirs) will almost certainly die if they let things with Russia develop to nuclear war. Incidentally, Russian conventional weapons from hypersonics to Poseidon submarine drones are fully capable of taking out not only Wall St and DC but the Hamptons and Arlington as well. War with Russia, barring low probability miscalculations, is highly unlikely for the simple reason that our rulers love their lives and power too much to risk them so directly. It’s no perfect guarantee of course, but it’s enough of one for me to be able to sleep at night.